Some children were playing beside a river. They made castles of sand,
and each child defended his castle and said, 'This one is mine'. They kept
their castles separate and would not allow any mistakes about which was
whose.
When the castles were all finished, one child kicked over someone
else's castle and completely destroyed it. The owner of the castle flew
into a rage, pulled the other child's hair, struck him with his fist and
bawled out, 'He has spoiled my castle! Come along all of you and help me
punish him as he deserves.' The others all came to his help. They beat
the child ... Then they went on playing in their sand castles, each saying,
'This is mine; no one else may have it. Keep away! Don't touch my castle!'
But evening came, it was getting dark and they all thought they ought
to be going home. No one now cared what became of his castle. One child
stamped on his, another pushed his over with both hands. Then they turned
away and went back, each to his home.
(From Yogacara Bhumi Sutra 4, quoted from World
Scripture) Taken from Thus Have I Heard edited by Minh Thanh
and P.D. Leigh.
(Story from "Once Upon a Time - A Collection of Buddhist Stories)
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