A Master sent two young apprentices to a crowded city,
where they live separately from each other.
After three years, he called them back to the temple,
and greeted them both personally.
“How is your life in the city?” The Master asked.
“It’s challenging, Master.” The first apprentice answered.
“It is harder to maintain awareness there,
when I have to live among so many people,
enslaved by anxiety and desire,
living out of harmony with themselves,
and with the nature.
I am glad, I made it through.”
The Master nodded. “And how is yours?”
“I don’t know.” The second apprentice shrugged.
“I just seemed to meet perfect people,
and stumbled upon perfect chances;
everything is just perfect.”
Upon hearing this, The Master smiled.
