Once there was a monk who lived in a village. One day a young village
girl became pregnant and was unmarried. She did not want to expose her
boyfriend. Out of fear when her parents asked her who is responsible,
she pointed her finger to that monk.

Her parents were infuriated. The next day, the whole village turned
up to blame the him. "How could you?" "You dirty old man!" "You are a
disgrace!" "Get out of our village, you hypocrite!" Some villagers
even threaten the his life.

After listening to all the accusations, what he said was "Is that
so?" and went back to meditate. Months went by; the young girl gave
birth to a baby. The parents of the young girl were forced to find a
father for the child.

The parents and the villagers went up to approach him saying "You are
responsible for this baby; therefore you should bring up the baby!"
Once again, he said "Is that so?" He took the young baby in his arms
and went back.

By this time the he has lost his reputation but it did not trouble
him. He took very good care for this baby and he manages to obtain
milk and everything the child needed from his neighbors.

After a year, he young girl felt ashamed and guilty and wanted to
see her baby. She finally told the real story to her parents. When all
the villagers came to know the truth, they all felt ashamed of having
wrong him.

So all of them gathered and went to the monk asking for forgiveness.
Once again, after listening to them said "Is that so?" He handed the
baby back to the young girl.

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When you are right, one thousand angels swearing that you are wrong
does not matter. But when you are wrong, ten thousand angels swearing
that you are right will not make any difference.