One day a man was driving down a country road when his tire popped and it started to rain. He saw a monastary down the road so he walked over and knocked on the door. The head monk answered.
"Hi, my car broke down and I need a place to stay the night." The monk led him to a room and the man fell asleep instantly. In the middle of the night he woke up to a strange noise but couldn't figure out what it was.
The next morning he asked the monk what the strange noise was.
"I'm sorry I can't tell you. You're not a monk." The man accepted that and went on his way.
Five years later the man was driving down the same road when his tire popped and it started raining. He went to the same monestary and knocked on the door. The same monk answered.
"Hi. Remember me? I was here five years ago and now its happened to me again." The monk led him to a room and the man fell asleep instantly. In the middle of the night he heard the same noise again.
The next morning he asked what it was and got the same answer, "Sorry you're not a monk."
"Fine. I want to become a monk." He replied. And so he trained for twenty years. Finally he became a monk.
"Father," he said to the head monk, "Can I now learn what the noise was?" the monk nodded and led him to a plain wooden door.
The man opened the door and saw it led to another door, a plastic one. This he opened and it led to another door. On and on it went till he finally arrived at a jeweled door.
He opened the door and looked inside and saw what had made that noise... but I can't tell you. You're not a monk.
"Hi, my car broke down and I need a place to stay the night." The monk led him to a room and the man fell asleep instantly. In the middle of the night he woke up to a strange noise but couldn't figure out what it was.
The next morning he asked the monk what the strange noise was.
"I'm sorry I can't tell you. You're not a monk." The man accepted that and went on his way.
Five years later the man was driving down the same road when his tire popped and it started raining. He went to the same monestary and knocked on the door. The same monk answered.
"Hi. Remember me? I was here five years ago and now its happened to me again." The monk led him to a room and the man fell asleep instantly. In the middle of the night he heard the same noise again.
The next morning he asked what it was and got the same answer, "Sorry you're not a monk."
"Fine. I want to become a monk." He replied. And so he trained for twenty years. Finally he became a monk.
"Father," he said to the head monk, "Can I now learn what the noise was?" the monk nodded and led him to a plain wooden door.
The man opened the door and saw it led to another door, a plastic one. This he opened and it led to another door. On and on it went till he finally arrived at a jeweled door.
He opened the door and looked inside and saw what had made that noise... but I can't tell you. You're not a monk.
