3.5in x 1.5in
Parable of the two arrows
The Buddha taught that when we experience something painful- a physical illness, or the news that someone we love died, or witnessing suffering all around us- it's as if the world has shot an arrow into us. It hurts!!!... But often, what we then do is shoot a second arrow into us.
After telling the two arrow parable, the Buddha then said;
"In life, we cannot always control the first arrow. However the second arrow is our reaction to the first. and with this second arrow comes the possibility of choice."