Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had […]
A man started to break up the earth with a spade. A fool came and shouted at him, “Why are you ruining the soil?” “You idiot!” the man shouted back. “Go away and don’t bother me!” Understand the difference between destruction and constructive destruction. How could this soil become a rose garden or wheat […]
A woman lost her young son; just a few days before her husband had died. Kissa Goutami was her name and now her only son had died. She was in great despair, naturally the child was her only hope. Buddha was staying in the town. People said, “Don’t weep. Why don’t you take the child […]
Think you have problems? Then read this and watch ‘your problems’ fade into insignificance. “Complain and remain or praise and be raised.” — Joyce Meyer This amazing man speaks of his love for God and his ability to enjoy life! This story is truly amazing. Though born without arms and legs, Nick Vujicic […]
A spiritual seeker decided to go in search of some new meditation techniques. He saddled his donkey, traveled to the east to India and other places, talked to the many so-called religious and spiritual people, but found nothing. He heard of a wise man high in the mountains in Tibet. He journeyed there, but […]
All our problems originate in the mind. We carry in our minds the fears and phobias, insecurities, anxieties, false concepts and notions, etc., according to the data that has been fed to us right from our birth. At home the elders and a variety of people in the neighborhood, in the society, at school, at […]
In the ever changing, impermanent world, we struggle to find some stability. Human nature is that, if circumstances are in our favour, we wish to maintain the status quo and that is impossible. In this existence, everything changes except the ‘law of change’. We cannot step in the same river twice. The river changes every […]
If you think you’re a natural-born pessimist and there’s no hope of ever turning your mindset around, then think again! According to mental health experts, it is very much possible to turn into a person who always looks at a half-filled glass, rather than a half empty glass. It can be done. We just need […]
A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.” “Is the man of the house home?”, they […]
A little girl walked daily to and from school. Though the weather that morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trip to school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with thunder and lightning. The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her daughter would be frightened as […]
