When things start to get hard, we need to persevere through the adversity. Many people give up on following their dreams because the work becomes too difficult, tedious, or tiresome — but often, we’re closer to the finish line than we may think, and if we push just a little harder, we will succeed. If […]
1) Non-interference in Others’ Affairs Unless Asked to Do So Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others’ affairs. When they turn around and say “who asked you to interfere”, we feel bad about it. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best […]
“Who is a Master?” asked the disciple reverently to the Master. “You,” said the Master. “What do you mean?” asked the disciple, shocked by the master’s answer. “You, in one form, are the disciple, and in another, the master, and in yet another, the teacher.” “That means you and I are the same.” “Yes,” replied […]
Put a frog in a vessel of water and start heating the water. As the temperature of the water rises, the frog is able to adjust its body temperature accordingly. The frog keeps on adjusting to an increase in temperature. Just when the water is about to reach boiling point, the frog is not able […]
1) Throw out all the non-essentials in life. They unnecessarily occupy valuable space at home and on the office desk, in our lives and in our minds. They needlessly drain us of our time and energy. 2) The tears happen; endure, grieve and move on. Life is never smooth sailing. There will always be ups and […]
Wonder why all the statues that we see of Lord Buddha show him as calm, cool and smiling? Well, because Gautama the Buddha had found the secrets of life by discovering the harsh realities of life. He had his ego completely annihilated and found the beauty of present moment. To be calm and cool like […]
Our lives today are the result of the attitudes and choices we made in the past and our karma-s/actions to implement them. Our lives in the future will be the result of the choices we make today and our present karma-s. This is the story of an elderly carpenter who has worked for a contractor […]
The Path of Utmost Tenacity and Dogged Perseverance When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said, “I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be […]
1) Lost his job. 2) Got defeated in the legislature. 3) Started a business and failed. 4) The wife died of a fatal disease. 5) Experienced a nervous breakdown. 6) Contested for election in the legislature and lost. 7) Tried for nomination in a political party and lost. 8) I applied for the post of […]
Once, an elder monk and a novice monk were traveling together. They came to the bank of a river and found the bridge was damaged. They had to wade across the river. There was a pretty lady who was stuck on the damaged bridge and couldn’t cross the river. The senior monk offered to carry […]
