My seatmate on an evening flight was a woman from Switzerland. As soon as the meal was served, I noticed that she heavily salted and peppered her dessert – a mouth-watering piece of chocolate cake. The flight-attendant, somewhat taken aback, explained that it wasn’t necessary to do this.
“Oh, but it is,” the woman replied, smiling, “It keeps me from eating it.”
“I cannot recount the countless paths to fleeting happiness, O Ananda. They vary from one sentient being to another. But I can tell you the cause of suffering and the means to transcend it — these are universal to all,” Lord Buddha said. Note, Buddha speaks about fleeting happiness. All the worldly joy, pleasure, or […]
Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons from Arabia. They were peregrine falcons, the most beautiful birds he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be trained. Months passed and one day the head falconer informed the king that though one of the […]
Dream whatever you wish to dream. Go wherever you wish. Seek whatever you want. Because life is unique and is dependent on how we shape it. “What you focus on the longest becomes the strongest.” — Les Brown “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love […]
