A saint lived in a small hut at the end of a village. The villagers
were proud of their saint, asked his blessing and brought him food and a
very young girl was sometimes cleaning his hut. One day it came out
that the young girl was pregnant. Asked who the father of the child was,
she didn´t want to disclose her young boyfriend and said: “The saint is
the father.” People were shocked; they went and scolded the saint “You
are a hypocrite ! How could you seduce this young girl !” Though the
saint was innocent, all he said was:
“Is it so ?”
The villagers didn´t respect him any more. After the baby was born, they
took it to the saint and said:”Here is your child. Now take care of it
!” He only said:
"Is it so ?” kept the child with himself and raised it.
After 2 – 3 years the young girl was brave enough to confess, that a
young boy was the real father of the child. So the village people went
to the saint and said: “We are sorry – this is not your child: give it
back to its parents !” The saint gave them the child and just said:
"Is
it so ?"
Enlightenment means: No Complaining – No Explaining.
