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The Story of a Donkey

 

A washer man had 10 donkeys he used to take to the river with him to

haul clothes on. While he was

working or sleeping, he would tie them up so they wouldn't stray off.

One day when he went to tie them

up, he found he only had 9 ropes. He tied 9 donkeys and was holding

the 10th by the ear wondering

what he should do. A saint was passing by and asked him what he was

doing. The washer man explained

his dilemma and asked him for advice. The saint told him he only had

to pretend he had a rope in his

hands and performs the motions of tying the donkey up and that he

would stay. So the washer man

followed his advice and to his surprise, the donkey stayed all night

while the washer man slept. In the

morning when he was ready to leave the river, the washer man untied

the donkeys and began his

journey home. But the one donkey that had not really been tied

refused to move.

The washer man was puzzled by this and was tugging on the donkey's

ear to move him along. The

donkey that had been tied with only an imaginary rope would not move.

The saint reappeared again and

the washer man sought his advice. The saint asked him if he had

untied the donkey and the washer man

said no and asked why he would need to since it was just an imaginary

rope. The saint replied that

donkeys are a lot like people in that they get caught up in an

imaginary life and are under the illusion of

bondage. So the washer man followed his directions and pretended to

untie the donkey. The donkey

then moved on along his way to the village with the others.

 

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