Lesson: Balance humility and wisdom
A young disciple asked his guru:
"Master, if everything is an illusion, can I walk in front of a charging elephant?"
The guru smiled and said,
"Yes, but the elephant is also an illusion, and so is its power to trample you!"
The disciple, eager to prove himself, stood in the path of an angry elephant. But just as it was about to trample him, a fellow disciple pulled him away.
The guru laughed and said,
"Your arrogance was an illusion too. If all is one, then the voice that warned you was also divine!" Moral: Spiritual wisdom must be balanced with common sense.