This week, precisely Tuesday & Wednesday, I finally had a chance to stay off campus the first time this summer (Yup, sad for me). My friend had a business trip to Memphis and it’s quite a drive (5 hours); he invited me a long so that he wouldn’t have to be in the car by himself for 5 hours. During those 5 hours, I also had a chance to finish a book, a very small book that I’ve had since last semester — The Lotus and the Cross: Jesus Talks with Buddha by Ravi Zacharias. I’ve had some thoughts and questions since I started the book, and I certainly had more after finishing it. Before I talk about them, I’d like to share a story I saw on facebook, the story that made me decide to write this entry.
Tiger and BuddhistAn old story tells of a woodsman who lived in the mountains of North Korea. While working in the forest one day, he was attacked by a huge tiger. The woodsman seized the tiger by the tail, and the tiger began turning around in circles, trying to get his teeth into the woodsman.
A Buddhist monk, out for a walk, was attracted by the noise and sauntered over. The woodsman, upon seeing the monk, cried out, “Please take my ax there and kill this tiger before I am eaten alive.” Read the rest of this entry »
