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Fremantle just won — Dopey must be alive

As told by Ajahn Brahm in Ultimate Reality | Ajahn Brahm | 5 May 2017

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Content note: sports rivalry humour

The story — as told by Ajahn Brahm (verbatim captions)

Snow White was making lunch for the Seven Dwarfs and once she finished making the lunch and she took it to the the mine you know they were mining diamonds or whatever dwarfs to and when she got to the the entrance of the mines she saw the being a a collapse in the mine accident there's rocks and dust all over the place so it's really concerned for the dwarves are you okay in there it was silence are you alive there was silence so she tried another tax she said free man sort of just won the Grand Final and one of the dwarves said yay and she said well at least that Dopey is alive

▶ Watch Ajahn Brahm tell it from 38:52 (to 39:43)

A reflection (in the spirit of Ajahn Brahm's talk)

After a mine collapse, Snow White calls in; silence. Then she shouts that Fremantle just won the Grand Final, and one voice cries yay. At least Dopey's alive. Ajahn Brahm apologises to Dockers fans and promises to chant for them. Gentle teasing can unite a room, as long as everyone can laugh.

In brief (our summary)

Snow White finds a mine collapse; silence to 'are you okay?' Then she tries 'Fremantle just won the Grand Final' — one dwarf yells yay. At least Dopey is alive.

Teaching point

Only Dopey would believe Fremantle had finally won.

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Source & credit

Told by Ajahn Brahm in Ultimate Reality | Ajahn Brahm | 5 May 2017 · 2017-05-05 · ▶ watch from 38:52 to 39:43 · Buddhist Society of Western Australia

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