A Bilingual Fable about the Self-Respect of Buddha and Taoism

In the past, there were two clay idols in a temple. On the left was the idol of Tai Shang Lao Jun, the founder of Taoism, and on the right the idol of Sakyamuni On the left was the idol of Tai Shang Lao Jun, the founder of Taoism, and on the right the idol of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism.

Once upon a time, there was a temple where there were two clay idols in a temple.

One day, a monk saw the two idols in the temple. He was displeased and said:

One day, a monk saw these two idols in the temple, and was very upset and said:

"The power of Buddha is infinite. How can we condescend to allow the idol of Sakyamuni to be placed on the right of that of Tai Shang Lao Jun?"

"Our Dharma is vast and infinite, how can the Buddha condescend to the right of that of Lao Jun?"

So the monk moved the Buddhist idol to the left of the Taoist ido1.

So the monk moved the Buddha idol to the left of the Lao Jun idol.

Shortly afterwards, there came a Taoist priest. When he saw the situation, he felt offended and said:

Shortly afterwards, there came a Taoist priest, who saw the situation and was very angry, saying:

" Our Taoist doctrine is the highest and unsurpassed. How can we condescend to allow the Taoist idol to be placed on the right of the Buddhist idol?"

"We Taoist doctrine is the highest and unsurpassed. How can we condescend to allow the Taoist idol to be placed on the right of the Buddhist idol? Right?"

So the Taoist priest moved the Taoist idol to the left of the Buddhist idol at once.

Thus, the monk and the Taoist priest kept on moving the two idols right and left until the idols were broken into pieces in the end. kept on moving the two idols right and left until the idols were broken into pieces in the end.