This story is about a beautiful, expensively dressed lady who complained to her psychiatrist that she felt that her whole life was empty, it had no meaning. So, the lady visited a counselor to seek happiness. The counselor called over the old lady who cleaned the office floors. The counselor then said to the […]
There is nothing wrong in expressing anger, but everything wrong in allowing an angry personality to crystallize. When a child commits an error, anger can be expressed for the error committed, so that the same error is not repeated again. If after a few minutes the child falls and injures himself, we immediately pick him […]
Anger is defined as an intense attachment for an object when expressed towards an obstacle that comes between us and our object of attachment. It is also defined as revenge taken on ourselves by us for someone else’s mistakes, since it is our temperature and blood pressure that rises, it is our body that shakes […]
In life, we will, no doubt come across people who harm us, hurt us, irritate us, annoy us, trouble us, cheat us, torment us, etc. It will, of course, generate in us a dislike or even hatred for such people. At times we want to be vindictive and get back at them. Being vengeful doesn’t […]
A kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put in his […]
There is a reason For every pain that we must bear, For every burden, every care There is a reason. For every grief that crushes our heart For every scalding tear we shed, There is a reason. For every hurt, for every plight, For every lonely, painful night, There is a reason. […]
Most people in this world, even in waking state, while going through the motions of life, basically lack awareness. How many people, among billions on this planet are aware of the simple fact that each of us has two selves — one is “who we think we are” and the other is “who we really […]
The students at No Wind Monastery were flabbergasted! They could hardly believe what they had just heard. Master Blusime, the greatest Zen Master, since Dogen Zenji, had just revealed what they never thought they would hear. In their traditional morning congregation Master Blumise had said, “My most beloved family, I really need your help. […]
The function of a Guru or a spiritual Master is to assist us to awaken from the slumber of ignorance. A Guru’s job is to knock down all cherished beliefs of his disciples. He sets fire to the temple of their beliefs, for when it is destroyed they will have an unimpeded view of the […]
A person approached a saint and said, “O great soul, please tell me about the path to liberation.” The saint replied, “Go to the cemetery and give abuses to each and every grave and come.” The person did as he was instructed. The next day when he returned, the saint told him, “Now go […]
