A Buddhist Story.
Can you guys get the meaning to this story? :)
Suppose a man is wounded by a poison arrow, and his friends and relatives bring him to a surgeon. Suppose the man should then say, "I will not let this arrow be taken out until I know who shot me; whether he is a Ksatriya(of a warrior caste) or a Brahmana(of the priestly caste) or a Vaisya(of the trading and agricultural caste) or a Sudra(of a low caste); what his name and family maybe; whether he is tall, short, or of medium stature; whether his complaxion is black, brown, or golden; from which village, town or city he comes. I will not let this arrow be taken out until I know the kind of bow with which I was shot; the kind of bowstring used; the type of arrow; what sort of feather was used on the arrow and with what kind of material the point of the arrow was made. That man would die without knowing any of these things
- Adapted from what the Buddha taught by Walpola Rahula
Suppose a man is wounded by a poison arrow, and his friends and relatives bring him to a surgeon. Suppose the man should then say, "I will not let this arrow be taken out until I know who shot me; whether he is a Ksatriya(of a warrior caste) or a Brahmana(of the priestly caste) or a Vaisya(of the trading and agricultural caste) or a Sudra(of a low caste); what his name and family maybe; whether he is tall, short, or of medium stature; whether his complaxion is black, brown, or golden; from which village, town or city he comes. I will not let this arrow be taken out until I know the kind of bow with which I was shot; the kind of bowstring used; the type of arrow; what sort of feather was used on the arrow and with what kind of material the point of the arrow was made. That man would die without knowing any of these things
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