One day, there were two monks walking home from their journey.  One of them is older and he was the senior monk.  During their journey to back  to their temple, they came  across a big river.  On the river side there was a woman who also  wanted to cross the river.  The woman was scared to cross the river.  So the older monk carried her on his back and started to cross the river.  The younger monk follow them from behind.
    When they reached the other side of the river, the older monk put the woman down and continued their journey.  They still have 1 more hours journey before they reached the temple.  During the journey, the younger monk keep thinking that the older monk has  already broken the rules.  According to the rules as a monk  that time, a monk is prohibited to  involved with woman in any ways.  In his mind , the younger monk thought about  the rules all  the time And he was more and more believe that his senior  has broken this rule.  So,  during the  1 hour  journey, the younger monk keep complaining that his senior has already broken the rule.    And finally the elder smile and said to his  junior " my friend, I have already left her on the  river side 1 hour  ago.  And  you have been carrying "her" for the last hour.
    Once upon a time, there was a wise man.  He have done many good  deeds  in his life.  So, one night in his sleep, an angel come and invited him to visit Heaven.  At first, he was surprised and  astonished. Finally he agree to the offer.  When they got There, the angel showed up him around and explained many things to  the wiseman.  While walking around, the wise man saw a lot of gift boxes neatly tied with golden and other colors ribbon in the corner.  He asked the angel about the gifts.  The angel  replied " oh, those are the presents for the people who do not seriously pray and keep changing their  pray  for other present." And The angel sighed  and said "So, we have to carried the presents back all the time, because they never reached the prayer"
     
     
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