I. Knowledge and Faith

Once upon a time a man had car trouble near a monastery. He knocked on the door, and tells the monk, “My car broke down. Can I spend the night?”

The Monks receive him with great hospitality. They feed him a wonderful dinner and even fix his car. They show the man to a guest room for the night.

As the man is about to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. It’s a sound like nothing he’s ever heard. It’s a sound that draws him toward it.. He can’t sleep, wondering where that sound is coming from and what can be making it.

The next morning, he asks the Monks, “What is that sound I heard last night?” The Monks reply, “We can’t tell you. You’re not a Monk.”

The man leaves but cannot forget the sound. Years later he returns and pleads with them to tell him. Again, they…