once upon a time
in ancient china, there lived three
old monks their names are not remembered
today simply because
they never revealed them to anybody
in china, they are simply known as
the three laughing monks
they always travel together and did nothing else but laugh they entered a village or a town stood in the center of its main square and started laughing slowly but surely the people who lived and worked there and the passersby couldn't resist and had to start laughing as well until a small laughing crowd had formed and eventually
the laughing had spread to the whole village or town that was the moment when the three old monks moved on to the next village their laughter was their only prayer all of their teaching because they never spoke to anybody they just created that situation all over china they were loved and respected
they always travel together and did nothing else but laugh they entered a village or a town stood in the center of its main square and started laughing slowly but surely the people who lived and worked there and the passersby couldn't resist and had to start laughing as well until a small laughing crowd had formed and eventually
the laughing had spread to the whole village or town that was the moment when the three old monks moved on to the next village their laughter was their only prayer all of their teaching because they never spoke to anybody they just created that situation all over china they were loved and respected
the people had never known such
spiritual teachers before
or after
they seemed to communicate that life
should be taken
only as a great opportunity to laugh
as if they had discovered some kind of
cosmic joke
so they traveled and laughed for many
years
spreading joy and happiness throughout
china
until
one day while being at a particular village in the northern province, one of them died the people were shocked and came running from afar leaving the fields unattended for the day only to witness the other two monks reaction to this dramatic event they were expecting them to show sorrow or even cry and the whole village came to the place where the three monks were two alive and one dead but the two remaining monks were laughing only harder they were laughing and laughing and could not seem to stop so that a few of the good people
who were assisting to this scene in this belief approached them and asked them why they weren't mourning at all for their deceased friend and for one time the monks actually responded because yesterday on our way to your village he proposed the bet on who of us would beat the other two and die first and now he won the old rogue even had a testament prepared the tradition required to wash the dead and change his clothes before putting him on the funeral pyre but the old monk had explicitly asked to leave the old clothes on him since he had never been filthy for one day I never allowed any of the filth of this world to reach me through my laughter his testament stated so
one day while being at a particular village in the northern province, one of them died the people were shocked and came running from afar leaving the fields unattended for the day only to witness the other two monks reaction to this dramatic event they were expecting them to show sorrow or even cry and the whole village came to the place where the three monks were two alive and one dead but the two remaining monks were laughing only harder they were laughing and laughing and could not seem to stop so that a few of the good people
who were assisting to this scene in this belief approached them and asked them why they weren't mourning at all for their deceased friend and for one time the monks actually responded because yesterday on our way to your village he proposed the bet on who of us would beat the other two and die first and now he won the old rogue even had a testament prepared the tradition required to wash the dead and change his clothes before putting him on the funeral pyre but the old monk had explicitly asked to leave the old clothes on him since he had never been filthy for one day I never allowed any of the filth of this world to reach me through my laughter his testament stated so
the old man's body was placed on the
pyre
with the garments, he was wearing when he
had arrived
and as the fire was lit and started
licking on his clothes
to everyone's astonishment suddenly
fireworks
of a hundred colors went exploding up
and down
and to all directions and finally
the people who had gathered there also
joined
the laughter of the two wise men
you see in life in your life
maybe the only reason that we are here
on this earth
is so we can laugh and laugh and never stop experiencing joy and
laughter
so next time you face a problem
look in the mirror and just laugh the
problem away
because your joy
is what makes you alive
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thanks for watching and stay blessed.
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