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A story for you all

There is an old sufi story about a man with a beautiful slave
girl. He had to leave town on business, and he was afraid to leave
the girl, she was so beautiful he was afraid that no one could resist
her.

He thought of Hassim, a man well-known in the community for his
honesty, which he took to great lengths. The man was sure Hassim
could be trusted, so he went to him and begged him to watch the girl
while he was gone. Hassim agreed, but after a few days he was
growing frantic by being in proximity to this girl, so he tried
desperately to find someone who could resist her charms.

There was a certain Sufi in town with a reputation for holiness, so he tried to
find him. Eventually he was directed to a bathhouse in a sordid part
of town, where the Sufi was sitting chatting with the
catamites. Hassim was appalled to see the Sufi in such company, with
whom he could never entrust the beautiful young woman, and couldn't
resist asking the saint why he associated with such people. The Sufi
pointed out that no one was asking him to take charge of any
beautiful slave girls.

Comments

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited July 2006
    :grin:
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited July 2006
    I sometimes wonder if being a Zen teacher or Sufi really just means that you are really good at impromtu one-liners... :)

    -bf
  • edited July 2006
    Shhhhh, don't tell him about the secret ' Great One Liners I Have Heard' text that has been handed down for hundreds of years in a secret ceremony between master and disciple. :buck:
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited July 2006
    One day a Zen student was slaving away in the garden.
    This day in particular, he was having a much more difficult
    time than other days because he had to do his own work in
    the garden, plus the work of three other students. He had no
    reason why this was, his teacher had just told him to do his
    work, plus the work of three other students.

    Towards mid-day, his teacher came out to check on his progress.
    The student still wondering why and how this had come to happen.
    Had he done something wrong? Had he insulted his teacher?

    "Master, please forgive me, but I must ask: Have I insulted you?"

    The master looked at him for a moment and said, "Asphinctersayswhat?"

    "What?"

    "Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"


    -bf
  • SabineSabine Veteran
    edited July 2006
    XD
    *gigglesnort*
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