If you love me, love openly! September 24, 2009
Posted by nyanabhadra in English, Thich Nhat Hanh.Tags: love, monastic, monks, nuns, Thich Nhat Hanh, zen
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If you love me, love openly!
In a monastic sangha, there was a beautiful nun, even though she shaved her head, but she is still very beautiful, many young monks admired at her, secretly admired her.
This nun has a very strong bodhicitta, wholeheartedly, her mindful manner is very beautiful, there are no monks can do like that.
She never sat separately with anybody, she always be a flower, very impartial. In our monastic sangha, of course we have someone like her too.
One day, that nun received a chanting book with a letter inside from a monk, a young brother monk borrow a chanting book from her, when he returned that book he put letter inside that book, he said that, “I’m not peace with myself, I think a lot about you, if I have a chance to embrace or hug you, once, only once time, I think I can pacify my mind, so I can do sitting meditation, walking meditation. Right now I’m not at peace with myself, I only wish one thing, I wish to hug you. I think a lot about you right now, I think after I’m able to hug you, maybe I would be more peaceful with myself.”
One day, before the dharma talk, the nun raised up and said, “Respected teacher, I received a letter from my elder brother”, she asked permission from the master to read the letter in front of the whole monastic community, she wasn’t joking, she saw the suffering of her elder brother.
After finished reading that letter, she turned toward that monk and said, “I know you are not peaceful right now, you want to hug me, so right now is the chance, I’m ready to hug you in front of the whole community, this is your opportunity, you said that after hug me, you will be peaceful to practice, to study, so I invite you to hug me right now!”
The unexpected happening at that moment, the monk could not expect something like that happened, it completely cure his love sick, and after that he progress very much in study and practice.
excerpt from Monastic Day, Talk by Great Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh
so did the monk hug that beautiful but crazy nun?
If you are as that monk, would you hug the nun in front of your teacher and all monastic member? whatever your answer then it would become your own story.
at least after that happening, the monk progress a lot and very focus and practice wholeheartedly.
good luck my dear brother on the path!
very….very..good story….
mencerahkan pikiran suhu….
namo Buddhaya…