The Fire Is Never Tainted
“That’s wrong, oh Blessed One! Judge this seriously!”
“Yeah, Ananda hasn’t returned in three days! The whore must’ve won over him!”
“Oh, Shakyamuni! Worldly desires are like drinking the dripping honey of a beehive while the bees of suffering sting! Ananda will be again overcome by lust if we do not stop him!”
“It’s too late anyway, he must’ve been corrupted much before, so the lord sent him away! We shouldn’t...