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5 hours ago
El alma y las 4 esposas del Rey .
Haba una vez un rey que tenia cuatro esposas.
l amaba a su cuarta esposa ms que a las dems, la adornaba con ricas vestiduras
y la complaca con las delicadezas ms finas. Solo le daba lo mejor.
Tambin amaba mucho a su tercera esposa y siempre la exhiba en los reinos vecin
os. Sin embargo, tema que algn da ella se fuera con otro.
Tambin amaba a su segunda esposa. Ella era su confidente y siempre se mostrab
a bondadosa, considerada y paciente con l. Cada vez que el rey tena un problema, c
onfiaba en ella para ayudarle a salir de los tiempos difciles.
La primera esposa del rey era una compaera muy leal y haba hecho grandes contr
ibuciones para mantener tanto la riqueza como el reino del monarca. Sin embargo,
l no amaba a su primera esposa, y aunque ella le amaba profundamente, apenas se
fijaba en ella.
Un da, el rey enferm y se dio cuenta que le quedaba poco tiempo. Pens acerca de
su vida de lujo y cavil: "Ahora tengo cuatro esposas conmigo, pero cuando muera.

.. estar solo!".
As que le pregunt a su cuarta esposa:
"Te he amado ms que a las dems, te he dotado con las mejores vestimentas y te
he cuidado con esmero. Ahora que estoy muriendo... estaras dispuesta a seguirme y
ser mi compaa?"
"Ni pensarlo!", contest la cuarta esposa, y se alej sin decir ms palabras.
Su respuesta penetr en su corazn como un cuchillo filoso.

El entristecido monarca le pregunt a su tercera esposa:

"Te he amado toda mi vida. Ahora que estoy muriendo, estaras dispuesta a segui
rme y ser mi compaa?"
No!. Contest su tercera esposa. "La vida es demasiado buena! Cundo mueras, piens
olver a casarme!"
Su corazn experiment una fuerte sacudida y se puso fro.
Entonces pregunt a su segunda esposa:
"Siempre he venido a ti por ayuda y siempre has estado all para m. Cuando muer
a, estaras dispuesta a seguirme y ser mi compaa?"
"Lo siento, no puedo ayudarte esta vez!", Contest la segunda esposa. "Lo ms que
puedo hacer por ti es enterrarte".
Su respuesta vino como un relmpago estruendoso que devast al rey.
Entonces escuch una voz:
"Me ir contigo y te seguir donde sea que t vayas". El rey dirigi la mirada en di
reccin de la voz y all estaba su primera esposa. Se vea tan delgaducha, sufra de des
nutricin...
Profundamente afectado, el monarca dijo:
"Deb haberte atendido mejor cuando tuve la oportunidad de hacerlo!"
En realidad, todos tenemos cuatro esposas en nuestras vidas.
Nuestra cuarta esposa es nuestro cuerpo.
No importa cuanto tiempo y esfuerzo invitamos en hacerlo lucir bien, nos dej
ar cuando nos muramos.
Nuestra tercera esposa es nuestras posesiones, condicin social y riqueza. Cua
ndo muramos, irn a parar a otros.
Nuestra segunda esposa es nuestra familia y amigos.
No importa cunto nos hayan sido de apoyo aqu, lo ms que podrn hacer es acompaarno
s hasta el sepulcro.

Y nuestra primera esposa es el alma, frecuentemente ignorada en la bsqueda de

la fortuna, el poder y los placeres del ego. Sin embargo, nuestra alma es la nic
a que nos acompaara donde quiera que vayamos.
As que..., Cultvala, fortalcela y cudala ahora! Es el ms grande regalo que puedes
ofrecerle al mundo.
Djala brillar!
Gracias amigo por ser un gran gua para mi !!! TQM.
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There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and a
dorned her with rich robes and treated her to delicacies. He took great care of
her and gave her nothing but the best.
He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He was very proud of her and always wante
d to show her off to his friends. However, he lived in great fear that she migh

t run away with some other man.

He too, loved his 2nd wife, a very considerate person, always patient and in f
act was the merchant's confidante. Whenever the merchant faced some problems, h
e always turned to his 2nd wife and she would always help him out and tide him t
hrough difficult times.
Now, the merchant's 1st wife was a very loyal partner who made great contributio
ns in maintaining his wealth and business as well as taking care of the househol
d. However, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved hi
m deeply, he hardly took notice of her.
One day, the merchant fell ill. Before long, he knew that he was going to die s
oon. He thought of his luxurious life and told himself, "Now I have 4 wives wi
th me. But when I die, I'll be alone. How lonely I'll be!"
Thus, he asked the 4th wife, "I loved you most, endowed you with the finest clot
hing and showered great care over you. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me a
nd keep me company?"
"No way!" replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another word. The an
swer cut like sharp knife right into the merchant's heart.
The sad merchant then asked the 3rd wife, "I have loved you so much for all my l
ife. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"
"No!" replied the 3rd wife. "Life is so good over here! I'm going to remarry whe
n you die!" The merchant's heart sank and turned cold.
He then asked the 2nd wife, "I always turned to you for help and you've always h
elped me out. Now I need your help again. When I die, will you follow me and ke
ep me company?"
"I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!" replied the 2nd wife. "At the very
most, I can only send you to your grave." The answer came like a bolt of thund
er and the merchant was devastated.
Then a voice called out : "I'll leave with you. I'll follow you no matter where
you go."
The merchant looked up and there was his first wife.
She was so skinny, almost like she suffered from malnutrition.
Greatly grieved, the merchant said, "I should have taken much better care of you
while I could have!"
Actually, we all have 4 wives in our lives...
The 4th wife is our body.
No matter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look good, it'll leave
us when we die.
Our 3rd wife? Our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, they all go to ot
hers.
The 2nd wife is our family and friends. No matter how close they had been there
for us when we're alive, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave.
The 1st wife is in fact our spirit, often neglected in our pursuit of material w
ealth and sensual pleasure. Guess what? It is actually the only thing that foll

ows us wherever we go.

I heard a minister once say that life is kind of like the board game Monopoly.
He went on to say that just like the board game we go through life accumulating
things and material wealth, but when the game is over, everything will go back i
nto the box.
It is the same thing with us; People go through life killing themselves to live
a great life and to show they have "made it in life", but they are spiritually
dead and empty inside.
Please remember that while it is nice for us to have the good things in life; th
ese things will not be with us in eternity. Only what has been done for the Lord
will follow us (1 Cor. 3:13-15), and that is the ultimate reward we can ever ho
pe for when we meet the Lord on that glorious day.
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http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/story/fourwives.html
Karma (The Four Wives)
"In one of the Agama Sutras, the Buddha's early sermons, there is a very interes
ting story:
Once there was a man who had four wives. According to the social system and circ
umstances of ancient India, it was possible for a man to have several wives. Als
o, during the Heian period in Japan, about a thousand years ago, it was not unus
ual for a woman to have several husbands. The Indian had become ill and was abou
t to die. At the end of his life, he felt very lonely and so asked the first wif
e to accompany him to the other world.
'My dear wife,' he said, 'I loved you day and night, I took care of you througho
ut my whole life. Now I am about to die, will you please go with me wherever I g
o after my death?'
He expected her to answer yes. But she answered, 'My dear husband, I know you al
ways loved me. And you are going to die. Now it is time to separate from you. Go
odbye, my dear.'
He called his second wife to his sickbed and begged her to follow him in death.
He said, 'My dear second wife, you know how I loved you. Sometimes I was afraid
you might leave me, but I held on to you strongly. My dear, please come with me.
'
The second wife expressed herself rather coldly. 'Dear husband, your first wife
refused to accompany you after your death. How can I follow you? You loved me on
ly for your own selfish sake.'
Lying in his deathbed, he called his third wife, and asked her to follow him. Th
e third wife replied, with tears in her eyes, 'My dear, I pity you and I feel sa
d for myself. Therefore I shall accompany you to the graveyard. This is my last
duty to you.' The third wife thus also refused to follow him to death.
Three wives had refused to follow him after his death. Now he recalled that ther
e was another wife, his fourth wife, for whom he didn't care very much. He had t
reated her like a slave and had always showed much displeasure with her. He now
thought that if he asked her to follow him to death, she certainly would say no.
But his loneliness and fear were so severe that he made the effort to ask her to
accompany him to the other world. The fourth wife gladly accepted her husband's
request.
'My dear husband,' she said, 'I will go with you. Whatever happens, I am determi

ned to be with you forever. I cannot be separated from you."

This is the story of 'A Man and His Four Wives.'
Gautama Buddha concluded the story as follows:
'Every man and woman has four wives or husbands. What do these wives signify?'
THE FIRST WIFE
The first 'wife' is our body. We love our body day and night. In the morning, we
wash our face, put on clothing and shoes. We give food to our body. We take car
e of our body like the first wife in this story. But unfortunately, at the end o
f our life, the body, the first 'wife' cannot follow us to the next world. As it
is stated in a commentary, 'When the last breath leaves our body, the healthy c
olor of the face is transformed, and we lose the appearance of radiant life. Our
loved ones may gather around and lament, but to no avail. When such an event oc
curs, the body is sent into an open field and cremated, leaving only the white a
shes.' This is the destination of our body.
THE SECOND WIFE
What is the meaning of the second wife? The second 'wife' stands for our fortune
, our material things, money, property, fame, position, and job that we worked h
ard to attain. We are attached to these material possessions. We are afraid to l
ose these material things and wish to possess much more. There is no limit. At t
he end of our life these things cannot follow us to death. Whatever fortune we h
ave piled up, we must leave it. We came into this world with empty hands. During
our life in this world, we have the illusion that we obtained a fortune. At dea
th, our hands are empty. We can't hold our fortune after our death, just as the
second wife told her husband: 'You hold me with your ego-centered selfishness. N
ow it is time to say goodbye.'
THE THIRD WIFE
What is meant by the third wife? Everyone has a third 'wife'. This is the relati
onship of our parents, sister and brother, all relatives, friends, and society.
They will go as far as the graveyard, with tears in their eyes. They are sympath
etic and saddened...
Thus, we cannot depend on our physical body, our fortune, and our society. We ar
e born alone and we die alone. No one will accompany us after our death.
THE FOURTH WIFE
Sakyamuni Buddha mentioned the fourth wife, who would accompany her husband afte
r his death. What does that mean? The fourth 'wife' is our mind [or Alaya consci
ousness]. When we deeply observe and recognize that our minds are filled with an
ger, greed, and dissatisfaction, we are having a good look at our lives. The ang
er, greed, and dissatisfaction are karma, the law of causation. We cannot be sep
arated from our own karma. As the fourth wife told her dying husband, 'I will fo
llow you wherever you go.'"
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http://www.yunhoiwingchun.com/Articles/BuddhistPhilosophicalAspects/TheFourWives
AnOldTibetanFolkTale/tabid/164/Default.aspx
The Four Wives. An Old Tibetan Folk Tale
Long, long ago when the world was young and the tiger walked with the deer, ther
e was a rich king who had four wives. The king loved his fourth wife the most a
nd adorned her with riches. He also loved his third wife and was always showing
her off to neighbouring kingdoms. However, he always feared that she would leave
him. His second wife was kind and considerate and his trusted confidante and ad
visor in difficult times. Wife number one was devoted and loyal and although she
loved him deeply, he was not as interested and tended to ignore her.

One day, the king fell ill and the truth dawned that his life was soon to end. H
e thought of the luxurious life he had led and feared being alone when he died.
He asked his fourth wife, "I have loved you the most, endowed you with the fines
t clothing, showered gifts upon you and taken great care over you. Now that I'm
dying, will you follow me and keep me company?" "No way!" she replied and walked
away without another word.
The sad king then asked the third wife, "I have loved you all my life. Now that
I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company? " "No!" she replied. "Life is
too good! When you die, I'm going to remarry!"
He then asked the second wife, "I have always turned to you for help and you've
always been there for me. When I die, will you follow me and keep me company?" "
I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!" she replied. "At the very most, I ca
n help with your funeral."
Then a voice called out to the king in his sadness: "I'll leave with you and fol
low you no matter where you go." The king looked up and there was his first wife
. She was so skinny and undernourished. Greatly grieved, the king said, "I shoul
d have taken much better care of you when I had the chance!"
In truth, we all have four wives in our lives. Our fourth wife is our body. No m
atter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look good, it'll leave us
when we die. Itll be burnt, buried or chopped up for the vultures and wolves or f
eed the worms.
Our third wife is our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, it will all g
o to others. It will be divided up.
Our second wife is our family and friends. No matter how much they have supporte
d and loved us, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the burial site. Even
if they enter the portal of Death they and we must walk alone into the Bardo Tho
dol.
Our first wife is our mindstream, often neglected in pursuit of wealth, power an
d pleasures of the ego. However, our mindstream is the only thing that will foll
ow us wherever we go.
The moral: Care for your body and keep it healthy so you can live life to its fu
llest. Enjoy your possessions, the pleasure and the comfort they provide. Cheris
h your friends and family and the love they provide. Don t forget to nourish you
r mindstream as it is the source of all your life and will prove to be your most
faithful friend.
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http://cathyma.com/2011/09/11/the-story-about-the-four-wives/
The story about the four wives
The priest stood up and told us a story about the man and his 4 wives.
We Chinese have a lot of stories to tell. Handy metaphors. Stories that make y
ou think.
This one starts with a man who married his childhood sweetheart. He loved her d
early, unfortunately she was very fragile and was always sick. He decided to ma
rry his second wife ,who was very shrewd, to help take care of him and his busin
ess. This wife managed the day-to-day of this man and his family brilliantly.

He also learnt that a very beautiful woman in her village was in need of financi
al support. He thought, Might as well! and married this beautiful woman. Unfortu
nately, they didnt really have much to say to one another. He felt good having h
elped her family out, but that was it. So when he actually met the soulmate of
his life, he was so happy that he married this woman as his forth wife. Someone
he could connect to, someone he could confide in.
One day he was asked to embark on a long journey, a journey that he knew he was
not going to come back to, and that hed be gone forever. He could only pick one
wife to go with him.
His first wife said to him, I love you very much my dear, but I am so weak I will
only be your liability. Please go without me and I wish you very well.
What about his beautiful wife? At least he could enjoy her lovely presence? No,
thank you. As you know we dont have much to say to one another. I just dont thi
nk it would be nice for us to travel such a long trip together.
She had a point.
He then asked his soulmate. Yes, I would absolutely love to come with you, but I
can only walk with you so far in the journey as I will need to turn back. Is t
hat okay with you?
He thought, no, thats not okay. He needed someone who would be there for him for
the whole journey.
He asked his last wife. The wife that managed his day-to-day life.
The moment I met you I am destined to be with you. There is nothing that can set
us apart. We will go onto this journey together and I will be there to hold yo
ur hands when you need me.
The first wife, is actually our body. We are born with a very fragile and delic
ate body. It can only go so far with us, and there are many things that can bri
ng it down.
The beautiful wife is a metaphore for fame and fortune. Beautiful at first, gla
mourous to the others. We cant, however, speak to them, or feel loved or connect
ed with all that externalities.
The soulmate wife is our friends and families. People we love, people we care a
bout.
The journey is our life. We are all going to cease. Despite the love and care
in the world, our families and friends can only travel with us so far. They hav
e yet to turn back or embark on their journey themselves.
The competent wife? She is our heart. Our heart and soul are the only constant
, the only permanent fixture that will travel far with us no matter what. It is
much more worthwhile to cultivate our heart, our soul, than the pursue of thing
s. Life starts, and hopefully ends, with compassion.
Arent we all spiritual beings having a human experience?