A Tibetan Parable
Jean-Yves Leloup tells this parable in his book: Compassion and Meditation.
Two brothers raise yaks. One of them was ambitious, always wanting more yaks, no matter how many he had. The other was always content with what he had, and at the moment he had only one yak. One day the two brothers met, and the one with the large herd said to the other:
"My dream has always been to possess a hundred yaks. But I only have ninety-nine. Could you please give me yours?"
"Of course," the other replied, "take it!"
Two brothers raise yaks. One of them was ambitious, always wanting more yaks, no matter how many he had. The other was always content with what he had, and at the moment he had only one yak. One day the two brothers met, and the one with the large herd said to the other:
"My dream has always been to possess a hundred yaks. But I only have ninety-nine. Could you please give me yours?"
"Of course," the other replied, "take it!"
posted by Lynn Bauman at 6:22 AM
1 Comments:
I belive brother with 99 yak and brother with one yak both don't know the mening of content.
1.Brother with 99 yak need to understand that he could easily produce one more yak from 99 he had instead of taking a yak which is the only source of living for his brother.
2.Brother with one yak know meaning of content for himself but when in other people case he dont know,thats contradict his understanding about what content is
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