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As I just hit the big 65 years of age today I'll bore you all with another story.
After all, now that I'm 65 I can claim the right to be "weird".
So here's the story.
Once there was a village that had been suffering a drought for many years.
Then one day they heard that it was due to rain that very night.
So all the villagers gathered every pail, bottle, any container that would hold water.
Some had many containers, some had few....but they all put them out for that precious
water.
That very night it did rain, and in the morning each container...no matter how big or small
was filled to the brim with that precious water to remove their thirst.
If you don't think that is a Dharma story let me explain.
The thirst repersents the longing for the Dharma.
The rain is the fullfilment of that Dharma.
The mercy of Buddha is illustrated by the way that, whatever the size and number of their
containers, each person recieved exatly the right amount to fill each to fill their share of
containers to the very brim.
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I like reading your posts because they are interesting to me. I don't think that you are weird; I
think that you are a person who loves the dharma and that's to be commended.
Your story reminds me of the "Parable of the Herbs" in the Lotus Sutra. I take it's meaning to
be that every sentient being hears the dharma, in it's own mind, in a way that is appropriate
(that it can understand). Buddha impartially teaches all sentient beings and doesn't favor:
those who are more spiritually adept, those who keep the precepts over those who don't and
those who are Buddhist over those who aren't. Many years ago, I asked my teacher at that
time about this; he didn't say whether my interpretation was correct or not. He just said that
there are some Buddhists who would hate to hear this interpretation.
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