Two Monks Approach a River…
I first read the following parable in a Mark Epstein book—I can’t figure out which one, it’s not in my notes (anybody know out there?)—and was so happy to find it again in Cynthia Bourgeault’s The Wisdom Jesus. And here it goes:
Two monks are traveling together, both of them sworn to a strict celibacy that proscribes any interaction whatsoever with the o…
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