Stories about bureaucracy
3 Buddhist wisdom stories about bureaucracy from Buddhist teachers, each linked to the original talk.
- Get your wife to cancel if you're deadJoke · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: A man needing an operation is told the earliest slot is in three months; he protests he might be dead by then. The doctor says don't worry — just get your wife to ring the…
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the guy who went to see his doctor and the doctor said well you know you really need an operation this is dangerous for your health we can schedule you in for three months said the doctor and the man said three months time I can't wait that long I might be dead in 3 months and the doctor said don't worry just get your wife to ring my secretary we'll cancel the appointment
- Monk at Centrelink: prove you existStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: Applying for a Commonwealth seniors card, Ajahn Brahm is asked to prove who he is. Forty-three years of trying to find out who he is, he says — 'not metaphysically', they reply.…
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i thought it's about time i applied for a commonwealth seniors cut to get some more respect we already get meals on wheels every day people bring down the for us so i went in there to the center link and they said okay can you prove who you are and i thought you know for 43 years i've been trying to find out who i it's a am difficult question so i said no no no not metaphysically have you got your passport you know that's i think that's a certain number of points and i said okay let's see your your your bank accounts or your bank card i've got that have you got marriage license no have you got your your ownership of your house no your rental agreement no your driving license no we are so difficult to prove we exist that's why we believe in oneself we're just not here
- The professor examined on his own textbookStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: A visiting US professor of psychiatry coming to lecture at Sydney University must first pass an Australian college exam; of the two set textbooks, one is his own. He still had to…
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He was the the chief Psychiatrist some years ago over. It's great as hospital You know one of our members here, and he told me this story that I've in Sydney University I think he was not the same as Western Australia Western Australia is we're smart. I've been Sydney's absolutely Ridiculous, they had this teacher this expert this professor of psychiatry Coming over to Sydney University to lecture for one year But because he was teaching Psychiatry he had to be a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Which means that his? qualifications in the United States counted for nothing He had to do an exam here in Sydney in Australia, so he could teach And they gave him two books to study on which they would test him And when they gave him this two books the first one he told his lamina. What's this? He said well You've got to study it whose name is on that It's me I wrote that book He still had to study it and pass it I think he passed the exam on his own book