Laghu Vichar - Two Monks and a Women

Once there were two monks travelling together.On the way they found a river and a woman standing on the sides. The woman requested the monks to help her cross the river.The monks have the vows not to touch any woman. Despite this one of the monk picked the woman up and helped her cross the river.The other monk was baffled as one of the sincerest vows were broken but did not say anything.Both the monks continued their journey.The other monk could not contain for long and asked the other monk "how could you carry the woman let alone touch her?".To this the other monk replied "I dropped her long back, are you still carrying her?"

-From Zen stories.