There was a scholar who was to marry his fiancé, but on the day of marriage, his fiancé changed her mind and married someone else. The scholar was devastated and fell ill. His family seeks all kinds of medical treatment for him, but still he showed no sign of recovery. They were about to give up hope on him when a wandering monk passed by. After learning about the scholar's condition, the monk walked to the scholar's bed and took out a mirror for the dying man to see.In the mirror, the scholar saw a vast ocean, and the naked body of a murdered woman lay on the beach.
A man passed by, looked at the body, shook his head and left.
Another man who passed by saw the body, took off his robes to cover the body and left.
Finally came a man passing by who saw the body, dug a hole and laid the body carefully to rest before burying it.
The scene in the mirror suddenly changed. The scholar saw his fiancé in a nuptial chamber and another man was lifting her wedding veil...
The scholar blinked at the monk, confused.Slowly the monk explained,
"The woman whose body you saw on the beach was your fiancée in her previous life. In your previous life, you were the second man who gave her his robes to cover her body. To repay your kindness in this lifetime, she loved you for a period of time and became your fiancé. However, ultimately the man whose favor she has to return for the rest of her life is the third man who buried her. And that man is now her husband."
Enlightened, the scholar sat up and recovered from his depression.
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