Healing Over Answers: Life Lessons from The Story of the Poisoned Arrow
*In the tale of the Poisoned Arrow*, self-inflicted delay is one element of the plot. In the Buddhist tale "The Poisoned Arrow," a man carries an injured arrow wound through action by others during a fierce fight. He is flailing in pain and near death, but then comes upon a healer who starts to remove the arrow and then treat his injuries. But before the healer can go on, the man interrupts, starting with an array of questions. The Questions That Stand In The Way Of Healing. He asks at once who shot him, urgently, and for what reasons.
Letting Go: Lessons from the Two Monks and the River
Once, two monks traveled together — an older one and a younger. Along the way they stumbled upon a river with a mighty current. A woman was at the river, unable to cross unaided. She asked the monks if they could help her. The older monk without hesitation picked the woman up, carried her across the river and gently placed her to rest on the other side of the river. But this shocked the younger monk. They were, after all, monks who had taken vows not to touch women. He kept his tongue at first, but couldn’t stop thinking
