Stories about commitment
2 Buddhist wisdom stories about commitment from Buddhist teachers, each linked to the original talk.
- Bacon and eggsJoke · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: Wedding joke from his book: the difference between involvement and commitment is like bacon and eggs — the chicken is only involved, the pig is committed. The first time he told…
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the difference between involvement and commitment is the same as a difference between bacon and eggs think about it involvement commitment bacon and eggs because in bacon and eggs the pig is committed the chicken is only involved to get it and I when the first time I told that joke was on a radio show in Singapore and the fellow who was doing this show got it straight away and he he actually fell on the floor laughing and now I know enough about radio that you have to keep speaking if you're not speaking for more than I forget what the rule is 15 seconds the radio show gets fine so is it was actually pointed to me the microphone say something say something because it was paralytic for about 30-40 seconds but it's true the chicken only gives an egg but the pig gives its whole life you know that to that story my book overthrow of your heart has been translated into many languages and it's being translated into Hebrew but that story had to be taken out because it's been a crazy isn't it
- Jeremy Horner — overnight monk, Pali Text auntieStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: Backpacker Jeremy Horner visits a NE Thailand monastery where Brahm is staying, asks to spend one night, and next morning shaves his own head and begs to ordain — 12 hours after…
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from Singapore he went North into Thailand and in Bangkok he met a couple of English people who were working in the refugee camp of ubor in Northeast Thailand so why didn't it come up here not many people come up here so they he went up to there with these doctors and when he was in this this place there was no other westerners about around except in this Monastery there's a few Western monks in this Monastery I was one of those Western Monks at that time so he said no I'll just go for a look so he went for a look and he would like to enough he asked the Abbott can I spend the night so he got permission to spend the night he wasn't a Buddhist you know he was just a student a Backpacker he spent the night there in the morning he shaved his own head and begged to be a monk isn't incredible experience just no preparation at all and 12 hours after he first came into a Buddhist mon the first Buddhist he ever saw you know he wanted to become a monk and now he's been a monk for about 30 years now and interestingly sort of it comes from a very interesting family because I remember his lay name Jeremy horer and they said Horner CU I knew that name it was the head of the Pary Tech Society Pary is a Buddhist language and there's this professor over in camb was translating all these Buddhist books and I said are you any relation of hers he said no I've never heard of her when he went home he checked out with his father and it was his father's sister his auntie and they never said anything about her cuz she was like a black sheep of the family