I have heard this story from my teacher.
He is a great person.
Some day a disciple of Buddha came to Buddha, and then
the disciple had a discontented look.
He asked Buddha, “I have some questions about life,
but you have never taught me answers of my questions.
My questions are whether the world is finite or infinite,
and whether the soul is immortal or not after death.”
Buddha listened to his words, and told the next parable.
A man was shot by a poisoned arrow, and he was suffered.
When a doctor tried to pull this arrow, the man said,
“I want to know who shot me, and whether a bow is made of
wood or bamboo. If I don't understand these questions,
I don't agree to pull this arrow.”
“You are same as this person who was shot.
It is meaningless to inquire into an arrow and a bow,
when you are on your deathbed.
Similarly it is important that you have lived
in the real life.”
It is meaningless to be concerned with useless theory.
Buddha expostulated like this.
We can't laugh this disciple of Buddha.
We also tend to be absorbed in the impractical theory.
He is a great person.
Some day a disciple of Buddha came to Buddha, and then
the disciple had a discontented look.
He asked Buddha, “I have some questions about life,
but you have never taught me answers of my questions.
My questions are whether the world is finite or infinite,
and whether the soul is immortal or not after death.”
Buddha listened to his words, and told the next parable.
A man was shot by a poisoned arrow, and he was suffered.
When a doctor tried to pull this arrow, the man said,
“I want to know who shot me, and whether a bow is made of
wood or bamboo. If I don't understand these questions,
I don't agree to pull this arrow.”
“You are same as this person who was shot.
It is meaningless to inquire into an arrow and a bow,
when you are on your deathbed.
Similarly it is important that you have lived
in the real life.”
It is meaningless to be concerned with useless theory.
Buddha expostulated like this.
We can't laugh this disciple of Buddha.
We also tend to be absorbed in the impractical theory.
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＞Ian
Thank you for your opinion.
I am not a Buddhist.
I think that many Japanese are not concerned with
Buddhism.
Buddhism is now a kind of social customs for Japanese,
for example a funeral or a visit to one's grave.
I have learned a lot of things from my teacher.
He says that the truth is only one even if religions
are different.
＞Gale
Thank you for your message.
My teacher is not a historian.
In fact I don't understand him in detail.
Maybe he is a selected person who tell us the truth.
Thank you for your opinion.
I am not a Buddhist.
I think that many Japanese are not concerned with
Buddhism.
Buddhism is now a kind of social customs for Japanese,
for example a funeral or a visit to one's grave.
I have learned a lot of things from my teacher.
He says that the truth is only one even if religions
are different.
＞Gale
Thank you for your message.
My teacher is not a historian.
In fact I don't understand him in detail.
Maybe he is a selected person who tell us the truth.
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