oh i get it he puts the shoes on his head to stand up for two people meaning he has more back then one person to stand up for that cat!
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Wearing shoes on your head is the reverse of the natural order of things, perhaps he sought to give the same message of a person killing a cat?Duskwaith said:
Or putting shoes on his head shows he has a stronger backbone than the other monks
But then what's the relevance of the second temple?
Perhaps the top student also travels between the two temples to be taught and fed. By putting the shoes on his head he is showing the head monk proof of his travels as the story says he just came home. So in a way, he is the cat! Well thats my interpretation anyway.
The student put the shoes on his head, because he was about to kick ass and didn't want to get his shoes dirty.
'If you were here the cat would still be alive!' said Okojo, as he let his robe fall to the floor, revealing his battle suit.
'You shall pay for what you have done!' said the student, slightly out of sync, before leaping up into the air and plunging his foot into the chest of the monk.
But, with cat-like reflexes the monk threw his hands around the students leg, and slammed him against the wall of the temple. Dispatching a flurry of punches into the body of the student, the monk laughed manically. The student dropped down to the floor, the shoes falling from his head onto the dusty ground.
The monk held the student in his grasp, revealing a knife and placing its edge along the student's neck.
"Tell me, fellow monks, why should I spare this one's life?" He cackled.
"Do not do it, Okojo!" said the monks in unison, before kneeling down.
He laughed again and pulled back his arm, ready to swipe the young student's neck. But he looked again at the monks, and saw they had placed their shoes on their heads.
"No, it cannot be!"
"Yes!" said the student, still not keeping up with the sync, "It is true, I am your SON! And that cat was MINE!"
The temple-monks descended upon Okojo, who released the student and backed against the temple wall. Surrounded, he thought.
"OOBBAHJAAKALO!" he bellowed into the skies, and a giant cat-demon emerged from the clouds, plucking its master up from the temple ground and rising up, carrying him up to the heavens, which were drenched in the red sky. "We shall meet again!" he said, 1,000 years ago to this day.
'If you were here the cat would still be alive!' said Okojo, as he let his robe fall to the floor, revealing his battle suit.
'You shall pay for what you have done!' said the student, slightly out of sync, before leaping up into the air and plunging his foot into the chest of the monk.
But, with cat-like reflexes the monk threw his hands around the students leg, and slammed him against the wall of the temple. Dispatching a flurry of punches into the body of the student, the monk laughed manically. The student dropped down to the floor, the shoes falling from his head onto the dusty ground.
The monk held the student in his grasp, revealing a knife and placing its edge along the student's neck.
"Tell me, fellow monks, why should I spare this one's life?" He cackled.
"Do not do it, Okojo!" said the monks in unison, before kneeling down.
He laughed again and pulled back his arm, ready to swipe the young student's neck. But he looked again at the monks, and saw they had placed their shoes on their heads.
"No, it cannot be!"
"Yes!" said the student, still not keeping up with the sync, "It is true, I am your SON! And that cat was MINE!"
The temple-monks descended upon Okojo, who released the student and backed against the temple wall. Surrounded, he thought.
"OOBBAHJAAKALO!" he bellowed into the skies, and a giant cat-demon emerged from the clouds, plucking its master up from the temple ground and rising up, carrying him up to the heavens, which were drenched in the red sky. "We shall meet again!" he said, 1,000 years ago to this day.
I've read the buddhist writings (a buddhist my self) and there is something about hmm I don't know....That buddhists shouldn't destroy or harm any other other life?
Really this was a juvenile way of trying to find the path to enlightment and teach people the way of clarity and peace.
Really this was a juvenile way of trying to find the path to enlightment and teach people the way of clarity and peace.
Probably been ninja'd but the young monk was saying there is no reason not to put his shoes on his head, since that was stupid so was killing the cat.
My mind is at ease,
MYSTERY SOLVED!
My mind is at ease,
MYSTERY SOLVED!
All I can think is that it's the classic "why?" response. Why not?
Or in this case the "Why not?" response. Why?
I'm still leaning towards the theory that uncle has just been drinking again.
Or in this case the "Why not?" response. Why?
I'm still leaning towards the theory that uncle has just been drinking again.
I've always enjoyed little things like this. Thank youDuskwaith said:
I think the greatest possible is one word: Caring. It doens't say that no one gave a valid reason. No one answered. No one tried to save the cat's life. Even through a ridiculous (though perhaps incredibly deep) gesture, the young apprentice shows a devotion to the cat, despite the fact that the cat came to his temple AND the other and held no loyalty to either.
That's the only actual meaning I could grab, though I'm more inclined to believe that there is no meaning, that it is just a deep tale
Understandable that you feel that way with your belief mis-represented. please don't take it out on the poster however, it's not like SHE develloped the riddle, it was told to her.The stonker said:
If I completely mis-understood the meaning of your post, then I apologize
There are actually, as I believe, a few riddles I've heard where a monk or two has acted in a way that buddhists simply wouldn't
I believe is a bit opposite of what everyone seems to be thinking. The common thing I see is "my shoes on my head has no point, so killing the cat has no point", when it should be more about the "give me one reason not to kill this cat". The reply the monk gave with the shoes on the head was the same. "Give me one reason to not put my shoes on my head." But both are looking at this the wrong way. It isn't about finding why not to do something, it is about having a truth to actually act on.
Both monks did something without a reason. There was no point, but they did it anyhow because nothing said not to do it. The monks believe everything has purpose, and that in action we should be able to provide and believe our purpose. Without a reason, actions will ring hollow.
At least that is what I get out of it.
Both monks did something without a reason. There was no point, but they did it anyhow because nothing said not to do it. The monks believe everything has purpose, and that in action we should be able to provide and believe our purpose. Without a reason, actions will ring hollow.
At least that is what I get out of it.