Stories about misunderstanding
2 Buddhist wisdom stories about misunderstanding from Buddhist teachers, each linked to the original talk.
- 'Have you got any brains?'Story · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: The wife of Keith, an early Buddhist Society member, found a recipe calling for lamb's brains and went to the butcher. At the counter she looked at the man and asked, 'Have you…
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his wife told me that, you know, she was looking in the cookery book and that she needed found a recipe which had I think it was um lamb's brains as part of the the recipe. She thought she'd try that on her husband. And so she went to the the the shop, butcher shop, went up to the counter, looked at the guy and said, "Have you got any brains? And the the person selling the meat got offended. I want brains for the stew or whatever I'm cooking. I don't mean to offend you, but how many? She told me the story and I burst out laughing.
- 'I'm marrying your best friend tomorrow'Story · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: Dennis, the Buddhist Society's marriage celebrant, came home and told his wife, 'I'm marrying your friend Janice tomorrow.' 'You're married to me — you can't marry my best…
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you know his former wife you know because he's a marriage cbrant you know he went home one day and he said oh I'm marrying your friend uh Janice tomorrow. And his wife said, "You're married to me. You can't be marrying my best friend." He said, "Look, I'm doing her marriage ceremony. I'm marrying your best friend tomorrow. I'm the marriage celebrant.