下面这个故事很有禅意，故事名字叫  “Muddy Road” ，作者不详，故事来自日本文学。这是我们的一道考试题，老师让我们解释这个故事的意义。我解释的很合乎老师的要求，这道题我得了满分。为了不误导读者，我只帖满分作业。

Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.

“Come on, girl” said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.

Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. He was fuming. Then he no longer could restrain himself. “We monks don’t go near females,” he told Tanzan, “especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?”

“I left the girl there,” said Tanzan. “Are you still carrying her?”

我的回答：

Significance: This is a conversation between two monks. The monk who carries the girl is not interested in woman. The monk who is not touching the woman is still attached to the woman.  It suggests that , if the monk does not attach to woman in his heart or mind, it  does not hurt his Budda practice even he physically carries the woman. This passage tells us what true monk is.

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