There was a monastery at the top of a mountain and there lived a great master who was sought out by many people to receive his advice. One day, a man who dedicated his entire life in search of wisdom, learned about the great master and went to the mountain to meet him. He crossed […]
One day a young Buddhist on his journey home came to the banks of a wide river. Staring hopelessly at the great obstacle in front of him, he pondered for hours on just how to cross such a wide barrier. Just as he was about to give up his pursuit to continue his journey he […]
A Zen master was walking in the forest with one of his disciples. They came across a big stone and a beautiful rose. The disciple asked the master, “Master, why is it that the stone is not beautiful and the rose is beautiful?” The master smiled and said, “Because you have the notion of beauty […]
A traveling friend decided to spend a few weeks in a monastery in Nepal. One afternoon, he entered one of the many temples of the monastery and found a monk smiling, sitting on the altar. – Why are you smiling? – my friend asked the monk. – Because I understand the meaning of bananas – […]
There is the story of a young martial arts student who was under the tutelage of a famous master. One day, the master was watching a practice session in the courtyard. He realized that the presence of the other students was interfering with the young man’s attempts to perfect his technique. The master could sense […]
One day, an old man was walking along a river bank when he saw a scorpion drowning in the water. He reached out his hand to save the scorpion, but the scorpion stung him. The old man withdrew his hand, but he did not give up. He tried again and again, but each time the […]
One day, a monk asked his master, “Master, how can I reach enlightenment?” The master replied, “When you are hungry, eat. When you are tired, sleep.” The monk was confused and said, “But that’s what everybody does.” The master smiled and said: “That’s not true. When you’re hungry, you’re thinking about a hundred things. When […]
In a remote village lived peasants who worked the land from sun to sun. Their life was hard and monotonous, but they knew no other. Only one of them, Leo, dreamed of something more. Leo was a young inventor who spent the nights building a machine that would do the field work for them. One […]
One morning, an elderly man was walking along the beach when he noticed a young boy picking something off the sand and throwing it into the sea. As he got closer, the man realized the child was throwing stranded starfishes that had washed up on the shore back into the breaking waves. Approaching the boy, […]
A little wave was bobbing along in the ocean and was having a grand old time. He was enjoying the wind and the fresh air as it traveled– until he noticed that all the other waves in front of him were crashing against the shore. “Oh My God, this is terrible,” The little wave thought. […]
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