There is also a specific moral for you about this story, please refer to it!
1;Story:
I remember listening to a story told by others 4 years ago: Monkey Sun came back from the West to seek Buddhist scriptures. He saw the beautiful scenery and delicious food in the world and was nostalgic for it. He found Tathagata Buddha and wanted to become a human being. Tathagata said: "Okay, just pull out the monkey hair on your body!" "In that case, Buddha, please pull it out quickly!"
"Can you bear the pain of pulling out the hair?" "Yes, I have come back from going to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures. I can bear this little pain!" So the Buddha began to pluck the monkey's hair. Every time the Buddha pulled out a hair, the monkey grinned in pain, "Ouch, ah,!!... ..." In the end, Monkey couldn't stand it anymore, "I can't be a human anymore, it hurts too much, it's good for me to be my Monkey King."
To this day, Monkey Sun is still a monkey. After all, he didn't become a human being.
2: Meaning:
People have a dilemma, one is to know yourself. Dilemma: Overcome yourself!
Just like around us, there are many people who know the truth, and there are also many people who understand the truth, but there are too few people who actually do the truth.
If you can understand yourself and overcome yourself, you can change from a monkey to a human. Everyone has ideas and desires, but the hard part is enduring the process of overcoming them.