Once upon a time, on outskirt of a big city stood an old temple. Many young boys who wanted to study Buddhism would come to live in temple and to learn from Master (Head Buddhist Monk) at temple. One day, Master decided to test his students. So he gathered all young boys around him and … Read more
Once a student came to his Master and asked him, “Master, How many friend does a person need – Just one or Many?” Master replied, “It’s simple.. You will know for yourself.” Then master took him to the orchard and then pointing to an apple tree said, “First bring me an apple from the highest … Read more
Story 1: Difficult Time in Life..!! When Vivekananda father died, he was not able to feed his family as he didn’t had any money or job. He felt pained and frustrated when ever he saw his mother and brother hungry. One day Vivekananda went inside jungle, wandering as he was feeling annoyed. He was so … Read more
Story 1: Blind Imitation..!! One day a saint and his disciples were going through a forest, on the way they saw a pond full of fishes. Saint stopped there and bend down and started filling his mouth with fishes. Seeing this disciples decided to follow their guru and did same. At that time saint saw … Read more
A young disciple wanted to learn Wisdom so he went to Zen master and requested him to accept him as his disciple. Master accepted him. Young disciple used to admire his master a lot. So he decided to observe his behavior minutely and believed that if he did everything the way his teacher did then … Read more
Once a Samurai went to visit a Zen monk to seek some advice. As he entered temple where masters were praying, see this he felt inferior and felt that in-spite of having fought for justice and peace he hadn’t even come near state of grace which was achieved was monks praying there. As monk finished … Read more
Once a young man went to his master and said, “Master.. I fear death!! How can i get rid of this fear??” Master said, “Tell me.. When you borrow some coins from someone then are you afraid to give them back??” “Of course not..! I will not be afraid..”, Young man replied. Young man didn’t … Read more