Some varieties of date palms don’t produce fruit until the tree is 70-80 years old. This has led to the adage, ‘The man who plants dates does not harvest dates.’
A young Buddhist acolyte sees his master planting date palms in his garden. He approaches the elderly man and asks, ‘Reverend sir - why do you plant dates when you know that will never live to harvest them?’
The old man rises from his work, smiles kindly on the young man and, with the wisdom of the ages, says,
Boru
A young Buddhist acolyte sees his master planting date palms in his garden. He approaches the elderly man and asks, ‘Reverend sir - why do you plant dates when you know that will never live to harvest them?’
The old man rises from his work, smiles kindly on the young man and, with the wisdom of the ages, says,
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
