Symbols, Importance and Perceptions

in #blog6 years ago

The disciple was scolding the child for soiling the flag of a shrine.
The master came there as she heard some noise. She asked the disciple about the matter.
The disciple proudly said that she was scolding the child as he disrespected the shrine by soiling its flag. Still, there was a frustration in the disciple's eyes.
The master was calm. She asked the child what was she doing?
The child answered the master that she was playing with a cloth and she was cleaning the floor with that cloth.
The disciple interrupted and told with anger that it is not cloth, it is the flag of their shrine and it represents the shrine. The child was looking clueless about the happening. The master told the child to go and play on the field. The child went and she saw some of her friend there and started playing in them. They were playing with some small sticks and leaves which is easily available there.
The master was watching them and after some time she asked her disciple to get a stick from playfield and put up a new flag. She went to the field and took one stick from there and came back, suddenly the children rushed to her and told that the stick was their basepoint for the game and they wanted it back.
Suddenly the master came and asked about the situation. The children told that they were playing and the disciple took the main stick from there. Then the disciple told that she took to stick as per the master's order. In addition to that, taking a stick from the playfield is not a big deal as the children can find many other similar sticks easily out there if they want.

The master (sarcastically) said "So, we have a scarcity of clothes, I didn't know that"