Spoken by Supreme
Master Ching Hai, Florida, U.S.A., October 6, 1999
(Originally in English)
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There
were three construction workers. One was American, one was German
and one was Irish, and one day they had lunch together. They opened
their lunch boxes, and the American said, "Oh no, a tomato sandwich
again. Oh my God! I don't understand my wife! I have been married
for 20 years, and every day she gives me a tomato sandwich for lunch.
Tomorrow, if I get one more tomato sandwich for lunch, I will jump
from the fifth floor! And then the German opened his lunch box and
said, "Oh, no, not again, a cheese sandwich again! I have been
married for 15 years and every day she gives me a cheese sandwich.
If tomorrow I get one more cheese sandwich from my wife, I will also
jump from the fifth floor and die. And the Irish man also opened his
lunch box, and said, " Oh, no! Today, a potato sandwich again!
OK, if tomorrow, I get one more potato sandwich, I'll jump from the
fifth floor. I'll jump with you, too.
Then,
the next day at their lunch break, they had lunch together again.
And the American opened his lunch box, and of course, he had a tomato
sandwich. So, he jumped from the fifth floor. The German construction
worker also opened his lunch box, and said, "What? A cheese sandwich
again?" So he jumped, too. And then the Irish man opened his
lunch box, and saw a potato sandwich. So he also jumped together with
the two other guys.
Then,
at the funeral of the three guys, the three wives met and talked to
each other. And the American wife said, " I don't understand
my John, you know, I mean he was always very good, and he never complained.
He could have told me that he didn't like tomato sandwiches, and I
would have made him anything else! Because the first day I made one,
he said it was fantastic, so I kept making them. But he could have
told me. And the German wife also said, "I don't understand my
Johan. We've been married for 15 years, and everything was fine and
if he didn't like cheese sandwiches, he could have told me. I would
have made something else at any time. Why did he have to jump and
die like this! I'm very hurt and surprised." And so the Irish
wife said, "Oh, this is nothing compared to my grief. I don't
understand my Jack, because he made his own lunch sandwich every day!"
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