However, the scene was so chaotic and crowded that she could not get close to that person no matter what, and finally watched her sweetheart disappear into the crowd.
After that, the girl looked for this person everywhere, but the young man seemed to disappear from the world and never appeared again. In decline, she could only worship Buddha and pray every morning and evening, hoping to see that man again.
Her sincerity moved the Buddha, so he appeared to fulfill his wish.
Buddha asked her 'Do you want to see that man again?'
The woman said, 'Yes, even if we meet again, that's fine.'
Buddha asked again: "What if you give up everything you have now, including your family and happy life?"
‘I am willing to give up.’ The girl is persistent for love.
'You have to practice for five hundred years before you can see him. You won't regret it, right?'
The girl replied categorically, "I don't regret it."
So the girl turned into a big stone and lay in the wilderness. The girl didn't feel any pain despite the wind and sun for 499 years. What was uncomfortable was that she hadn't seen a single person in these 400 years.
Without any hope, she faced collapse.
In the last year, a quarrying team came, took a fancy to her, and cut her into pieces of stone and transported her to the city.
It turned out that a stone bridge was being built in the city, so the girl became the guardrail of the stone bridge. On the first day when the stone bridge was built, the girl saw the man who had been waiting for five hundred years.
He walked in a hurry and walked across the stone bridge very quickly. Of course, the man would not notice that there was a stone staring at him intently.
After that, the man disappeared again.
Buddha appeared again and asked: 'Are you satisfied?'
'No! Why am I the guardrail of the bridge? If I could lay it in the middle of the bridge, I could touch him and touch him.'
'Want to touch him? Then you have to practice for five hundred years!'
The girl nodded and said: 'I do.'
"It's very bitter. Don't you regret it?" Buddha asked.
'No regrets.'
This time, the girl turned into a big tree and stood on a busy official road. Many people passed by every day. The girl watched every day, but this was even more uncomfortable, because countless hopes were exchanged for countless failures.
Hope was dashed. If it hadn't been for the five hundred years of cultivation, the girl would have collapsed long ago.
As the days passed, the girl's heart gradually calmed down. She knew that the man would not appear until the last day.
Another five hundred years has passed. On the last day, the girl knew that he would come, but she was no longer excited in her heart.
The man finally came! He was still wearing her favorite white gown, and his face was still so handsome. The girl looked at him dreamingly.
This time, he did not rush by because it was too hot. He noticed a big tree on the roadside, so he came to rest under the tree. Later, he leaned against the roots of the tree, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The girl touched him, and he was right next to her.
However, she couldn't tell him her thousand-year lovesickness. She could only try her best to gather the shade of the trees to block him from the harsh sunshine.
The man only took a short nap because he still had things to do. He patted the dust on his gown. Before leaving, he looked back, gently touched the tree trunk, and then left without looking back.
The moment the man disappeared at the end of the forest, the Buddha appeared again.
'Do you still want to be his wife? Then you have to practice again.'
The girl calmly interrupted the Buddha and said: 'I want to, but it's not necessary.'