Mindfulness

One day my girlfriend and I went to a dhamma talk given by a Venerable coming from Great Britain. There were few topics that he talked about, such as anata, oneself, ego, mindfulness, Buddhist cultures, and so on. In this article I would like to highlight on mindfulness topic since I have an interesting story that I want to share with you:).

Here is the story.

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Once upon a time, Lord Buddha led a retreat to a group of monks. Lord Buddha gave them teaching on mindfulness and anata, followed by meditations. After a couple of days, there was this monk who suddenly ran to see Lord Buddha to report his progress.

"O..Venerable One, O..Venerable One! Thank you for Your teaching. I have reached the Enlightenment, I have reached the Enlightenment!", he told Lord Buddha.

Realizing that the monk approached him, Lord Buddha calmly opened his eyes, but still in the meditation position and said, "O..monk...congratulations! congratulations! Since so, you may go home now. By the way, may I know where your sandal is?"

Upon hearing this, the monk got shocked and embarrassed as he did not know the answer.

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May you be benefited from this story and may you be always well and happy:)