67/Master Tells A Joke/Crossing The River


Master Tells A Joke
Crossing The River Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Formosa September 3, 1989 (Originally In Chinese) Two yogis met each other. One of them asked the other, "How is your spiritual practice?" The other answered, "Well, there's nothing special. Each day I eat and sleep; that's it. My practice is very ordinary." Then the first yogi said, "Oh, your way isn't correct. You see, now I can fly from this side of the river to the other side instead of riding on a boat. You see!" Then he immediately flew over the river and flew back. "Can you do that?" The second yogi shook his head and asked, "How long did you practice so that you could fly in this way?" The first yogi replied, "Twenty-five years." The second yogi said, "I only need two dimes to cross the river immediately!" (Audience laughs.) Riding a boat only costs two dimes!

Crossing The River

Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Formosa September 3, 1989 (Originally In Chinese)

Two yogis met each other. One of them asked the other, "How is your spiritual practice?"

The other answered, "Well, there's nothing special. Each day I eat and sleep; that's it. My practice is very ordinary."

Then the first yogi said, "Oh, your way isn't correct. You see, now I can fly from this side of the river to the other side instead of riding on a boat. You see!" Then he immediately flew over the river and flew back. "Can you do that?"

The second yogi shook his head and asked, "How long did you practice so that you could fly in this way?"

The first yogi replied, "Twenty-five years."

The second yogi said, "I only need two dimes to cross the river immediately!" (Audience laughs.) Riding a boat only costs two dimes!