Obsessed
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Two traveling monks reached a river where they met a young
woman. Wary of the current, she asked if they could carry
her across. One of the monks hesitated, but the other
quickly picked her up onto his shoulders, transported her
across the water, and put her down on the other bank. She
thanked him and departed.

As the monks continued on their way, the one was brooding
and preoccupied.  Unable to hold his silence, he spoke out.
"Brother, our spiritual training teaches us to avoid any
contact with women, but you picked that one up on your
shoulders and carried her!"

"Brother," the second monk replied, "I set her down on the
other side, while you are still carrying her."
