Chapter 193
\nCapture Your Heart novel Chapter 193<\/p>\n
The Buddhism, one of the three major religions in the world, originates from India, where Karin chooses to take a trip. She wants to find the serenity of her soul here, as well as the purified peace and happiness as she decides to seek the truth in life and search for the methods of solving problems.<\/p>\n
After getting off the plane, she finds a hotel in downtown to live in, where she can hear the sounds of chanting sutras.<\/p>\n
Troy calls her in the evening, and she picks it up\u2014<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026Hello?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReading.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAren\u2019t you missing me?\u2019<\/p>\n
She laughs. \u201cI have to focus on the books, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPut them away, and have a chat with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo work tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I have, but you\u2019re my sweet distraction.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJust imagine that I\u2019m still there with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou mean lie to myself?\u201d<\/p>\n
Karin sighs, \u201cA man like you should focus on your work. How could you be controlled by your desires?\u201d<\/p>\n
Troy says with an edge, \u201cI start to regret that I allow you to take a trip in India. I\u2019ve been already at the mercy of my desire for you, and I don\u2019t think I can survive the whole month.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019m already here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you don\u2019t want to come back anymore?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
She\u2019s annoyed. \u201cGotta go. I have to read my books.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow dare you!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPress your hand against your chest and think hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve put aside my work to call you, but you leave me alone for your fucking books? Why are you so ruthless?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI need have a rest. Time for sleeping. If you\u2019re too tired to work, just go to bed. Nighty-night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karin instantly cuts it off, and Troy glares at the phone with gritted teeth. \u201cFine. How can you hang up without my approval? If you came back, I\u2019ll\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Karin visits Datong Temple the next morning. Listening to a kind-hearted monk\u2019s preachment, she\u2019s fascinated, not wanting to walk away.<\/p>\n
After half an hour of preachment, she walks up to him and sit down, sincerely begging, \u201cPlease help me\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat can I do for you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve done something terrible which I can\u2019t tell my fianc\u00e9. I\u2019m afraid that he\u2019ll break up with me if he knows what I\u2019ve done\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
The monk smiles. \u201cI can tell you\u2019ve been upset. Well, I\u2019ll tell you a story today, then I\u2019ll tell you another two on the following two days separately. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll know what to do on the third day.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay. Thanks!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNow close your eyes and clear your mind. Al you have to do is to listen to the story and find its motif.\u201d<\/p>\n
Putting his palms together devoutly, the monk says gently, \u201cOnce upon a time, there was a young monk whose job was to sweep up all the leaves in the yard.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to get up early in the cold mornings of early winter. Every time there came the winds, the leaves always flied in the wind. Hence, sweeping up all the leaves was a headache for the monk as it took much energy and time. He desperately needed a solution to ease his burden.<\/p>\n
Then an experienced monk told him that he should shake the trees hard to make all the leaves fall and sweep them up once for all.<\/p>\n
The young monk thought so and shook all the tree hard the next morning and swept all the leaves up as he thought he wouldn\u2019t sweep leaves again the third morning.<\/p>\n
On the third morning, the young monk was dumbfounded when he woke up to find the mess of leaves scattered on the ground of the yard as usual.<\/p>\n
The eldest monk told him that as long as the wind didn\u2019t stop, the leaves would always be scattered on the ground in a mess.<\/p>\n
Finally, the young monk realized that one should live in the moment as thing might not go well as one has predicted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karin slowly opens her eyes and listens to the conclusion. \u201cYou can\u2019t resolve your problems of tomorrow but you can focus on the problems of today. Every day we\u2019ll face some challenges, and we make it day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNow you piss me off.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen I\u2019d better hang up and run away from you. Bye\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
She hangs up on him again. Troy feels really exasperated.<\/p>\n
He smashed his phone on the floor. It\u2019s the second time that she\u2019s hung up on him which she\u2019s never done it before. He wonders if Karin has changed herself into another person.<\/p>\n
On the next day, Karin goes to the temple again to find the monk for the second story.<\/p>\n
The monk tells her, \u201cThere was a monk who went on a trip with a stranger. The stranger didn\u2019t like the monk and he insulted the monk in various ways on their trip.<\/p>\n
Finally, the monk asked the stranger, \u2018If you are given a gift which you don\u2019t accept, then whom does the gift belong to?\u2019<\/p>\n
The stranger answered, \u2018The man who gives it to me.\u2019<\/p>\n
The monk smiled. \u2018Yes. If I ignore your insults, you\u2019re insulting yourself.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The second story is very brief but it\u2019s meaningful for Karin. The monk asks her, \u201cGuess what did the stranger say to the monk?\u201d<\/p>\n
Karin shakes her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe stranger was rendered speechless and left the monk\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
The monk concludes, \u201cAs long as we have a strong mind, others will never exert any influence on us. If we care too much about others\u2019 opinions, we\u2019ll fail to follow our heart.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFollow my heart\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Standing in the shades of the bodhi tree, Karin is trying to understand the implications of the monk\u2019s conclusion. The monk wants her to realize that she should follow her heart and tell Troy the truth since she doesn\u2019t mean to be an evil person\u2026<\/p>\n
Since tomorrow will be the last day for stories, Karin is looking forward to the last story.<\/p>\n
Troy calls her in the evening as usual asks her directly about her routine of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you go to see the fucking storyteller again?\u201d<\/p>\n
Karin reprimands him, \u201cShow your respect for the Buddha, okay? He\u2019s not a storyteller but a monk.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCrap! I shouldn\u2019t have allowed you to go to India. Now you\u2019re going to be a monk.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-2732","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/2732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}