Do You Have This Problem?

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If You Are Trying To Solve ANY Problem,
Read This Parable - Enjoy

A man once came to see the Buddha to get help
with his problems. After the man had told the
Buddha one of his problems and asked for help,
the Buddha replied: "I cannot help you get rid of
that problem."

The man was surprised that the Buddha could not
help him in this regard, but he told the Buddha
about another problem; he thought to himself that
the Buddha should at least be able to help him
with that problem. But the Buddha told him "I
cannot help you with that problem either."

The man started to get impatient. He said: "How
can it be that you are the perfectly Enlightened
Buddha, when you can't even help people get rid
of their problems?" The Buddha answered: "You
will always have 83 problems in your life. Sometimes
a problem will go, but then another problem will
come. I cannot help you with that."

The baffled man asked the Buddha: "But, what can
you help me with, then?" The Buddha replied: "I can
help you get rid of your 84th problem." The man asked:
"But what is my 84th problem?" The Buddha replied:
"That you want to get rid of your 83 problems."
#mind warriors #problem
  • LOL, that was awesome, but soo freaking typical of a buddhist thing.

    Moral - stop complaining, and act positively from your current position.l
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  • Interesting read, thanks
  • Something to think about. This was a good read. Thanks for sharing.
  • Nice story. Reminds me of this one... which typifies my IM experience.

    On the first day... a man walks down a street...
    Suddenly the world goes dark. He thinks he is lost.
    Then he realizes he is in a deep hole. He tries to find his way out, and it takes a very long time. Once he is out the day is gone ... so he walks back home.

    On the second day... the man walks down the same street.
    The world goes dark again. He is in the hole again.
    He takes a while to recognize where he is. Eventually he finds his way out... and so again he walks back home.

    On the third day... the man again walks down the street.
    He knows the hole is there and pretends not to see the hole... and closes his eyes.
    Once again he falls into the hole, and climbs out ... and walks back home, the day lost once again.

    On the fourth day... the man walks cautiously down the street.
    He sees the hole and this time walks around it. He is pleased.
    But the world goes dark again. He has fallen into another hole.
    He climbs out of the second hole, walks home ... and alas... falls into the first hole. He gets out of the first hole... and walks back home... to think.

    On the fifth day... the man walks confidently down the street.
    He sees the first hole..... and recognizes it.
    He walks around it... but forgets the second hole, which he walks directly into. He gets out immediately... and walks straight back home - to weep and hope.

    On the sixth day... the man walks nervously down the street...The hole is there and he thinks "I won't fall into the hole again"... and walks around the hole. He sees the second hole, avoids the second hole... but as he passes, he loses his balance... and falls in. Climbing out he walks back home ... taking the time to carefully avoid all the holes. On the seventh day... the same man goes for a walk....

    ... .
  • so the biggest problem is that we try to get rid of all our problems with out realizeing that we will always have problems in one form or another
  • Thanks for sharing the story. I'm a Buddhist myself and I found the parable quite inspirational, especially for a person like me who still have this problem of trying to get rid of problems LOL
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    Thanks for the inspiring and thoughtful story.

    It shows that you are the best help you can ever get. If you can't help yourself, you might never get help because you are responsible for your actions and inaction.
  • Thanks for the post, so true. Do not focus on the problems, but concentrate on solutions. Problems come and they will go.

    One that I read and liked goes something like this;

    There was a prince that went to his Spiritual advisor and said he wanted an inscription that would give him hope during times of famine, and keep him humble during times of plenty.

    The spiritual advisor inscibed, "It shall pass".
  • Money advice.

    Wherever our attention goes, grows. Practice shifting your attention away from problems and opportunities to grow from arise.

    RB
  • lol... nice billMarket.

    Reminds me of a funny spoofed saying I read somewhere... 99 problems, but a job ain't one!
  • hahaha, it makes sense, life isn't perfect, deal with it
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