Philosophy

I love stories and fables. One of my favorites is the following. I read it in the book about the Yoga Sutras by Satchidananda.

Once there was a sparrow who lived in a cozy little nest, high up in the trees. One day, during a terrible storm, the sparrow spied a monkey sitting out in the rain, drenched to the bone. The sparrow beckoned to the monkey and said “You there – you are the closest thing to a human with a large brain and two hands. Why don’t you build yourself a nice shelter from the rain? I have only a beak and yet I have made this warm little nest for myself”.

With that, the monkey became enraged and tore the sparrow’s nest apart. And then they were both in the rain.

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