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The Monk Bridge

What does "I would turn into a bridge for 500 years and endure the wind and rain mean?

• Before one of the Buddha's disciples became a monk he met a beautiful girl and fell in love with her. Buddha asked him: "How much do you love her?" And he answered he would turn into a stone bridge and endure 500 years of wind, 500 years of sunlight and 500 years of rain. He only asked that the girl would walk over the bridge.