A sage was meditating at the banks of the river when he saw a scorpion drowning in the water. He pulled it out, and immediately the scorpion stung him with its tail. A few mins later, the scorpion fell back into the water. The sage pulled it out again, only to be stung once more. A bystander, watching this, asked the sage why he bothered to pick it out of the water, when he knew it would sting. The sage replied, it is the dharma of the scorpion to sting, but it is the dharma of man to save.
Explains so much, doesn't it?
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