The Monks Carrying the Woman Across the River
The Vancrux Podcast - Host Jeevan Matharu · Jeevan Matharu
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Show Notes
In this Koan Story episode, Carrying the Woman Across the River, we explore a timeless Zen teaching about attachment, judgment, and mental weight. Two monks face the same moment — one helps, lets go, and moves on… the other carries the moment long after it has passed.
This story is a powerful reminder that suffering often isn’t caused by what happens — but by what we continue to carry in our minds. Judgment, resentment, guilt, and overthinking weigh far heavier than the original event.
The real lesson? Act fully in the present… then let go completely.
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