A woman baked roti (Indian flat unleavened bread) for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra roti on the window sill, for whosoever would take it away.   Every day, a hunchback came and took away the roti. Instead of expressing gratitude, he muttered the following […]

A man and his son were walking in the forest. Suddenly, the boy trips and feeling a sharp pain, he screams, “Ahhhh!” Surprised, he hears a voice coming from the mountain, “Ahhhh!” Filled with curiosity, he screams: “Who are you?”, but the only answer he receives is: “Who are you?” This makes him angry, so […]

“Those who cannot change their mind cannot change anything.” “Faults appear thicker when love becomes thin.”   There are several differences between Love and Attachment.   1) There is always a cause for attachment. Love is always pure and unconditional — in spite of. 2) Attachment is selfish, whereas love is selfless. 3) In attachment, […]

So, think what is good, speak what is kind, and try to live your best. This world will be bright and beautiful for you if you: Think Good THOUGHTS Speak Good WORDS Do Good DEEDS Remember: The Good that you do Comes Back To You Manifold. When money is lost nothing is lost. When health is […]

“He who bears the interests of humanity in his breast, that man is blessed.” — Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi   The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered:  “Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so […]

  “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”   “Do not dwell in the past; do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”   “To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.”   “It […]

A young couple moved into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while they were having breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbor hang the wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean,” she said, “she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.” Her husband looked on but remained silent.   Every […]

The quality of our daily life depends on the quality and texture of our mind. “Mind alone is the cause of our bondage and liberation.” Existence of mind itself is a disease and a disease can never be healthy. There are only two conditions of mind: normally unhealthy and abnormally unhealthy. Very few in this […]

I asked God to take away my pain and sorrows. God said, “No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.   I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, “No. His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.”   I asked God to […]

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole at the end. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as […]