No one recalling the koan about the monk and his disciple travelling across ancient Japan. they come to some marshy ground and see a courtesan trying to get across without getting her fine clothes dirty so the old monk, without a word, picks her up and carries her across. On the other side he puts her down, bows to her and the pair continue. Hours pass until the disciple can no longer contain himself.
'Master' he says 'our order prohibits touching women and you carried that.. that.. courtesan'
'Yes' the monk replied 'but I put her down and you appear to be still carrying her'...
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