Adil, a top-notch executive spends five minutes talking to the poor woman sitting beside his building, only to realize that she was a teacher before she fell on terrible times. This, after feeling sure he would be able to place her as a maid at his cousin’s place. Farida takes time out to say something […]
Ryokan Taigu was a Soto Zen Buddhist monk who lived the life of a hermit. One day, a thief entered his already bare hut. Feeling sorry for the man, Ryokan removed the one pair of clothes he had on him and gave it as a gift. The embarrassed thief ran away with the clothes, leaving […]
Kevin and Roshan lived in a beautiful house facing the sea. Each had an expensive car and amazing friends. To outsiders, their life seemed great, but nothing is as it seems, remember? Kevin had major anger management issues and Roshan was on medication for depression. Financial freedom cannot be the only objective of our lives. One […]
Often, we get so interwoven in our daily hectic webs of life – getting pulled in various directions, trying to do justice across multiple capacities within our personal and professional lives – that we tend to overlook or forget those ‘little’ things, which seem inconsequential, but go on to have huge impacts in our lives. […]
According to Greek Mythology, the world was once a calm and beautiful place. People never grew old, there was no sickness, jealousy or any negativity. However, Pandora’s box changed all that. Jealousy, old age, grief, sickness and death came rushing out and the last thing left in the chest was Hope. Pandora was so scared […]
In this seventeenth part of ‘The Zen Series’, a Zen master’s answer to a monk’s innocent question, reveals great wisdom to be applied in life! Socrates believed that the wise person would instinctively lead a frugal life. He himself would not even wear shoes; yet he constantly fell under the spell of the marketplace and […]
In this sixteenth part of ‘The Zen Series’, a Zen master’s answer to a monk’s innocent question, reveals great wisdom to be applied in life! A learned man once went to visit a Zen teacher to inquire about Zen. As the Zen teacher talked, the learned man frequently interrupted to express his own opinion about […]
The sun had long set, I was rushing home, tired and full of the day gone by. There weren’t many people on the road. And then I saw a sight that made me pause – an old couple sitting on the side of a narrow footpath. The old man in a simple shirt and pant […]
In this fifteenth part of ‘The Zen Series’, a Zen master’s answer to a monk’s innocent question, reveals great wisdom to be applied in life! Two men visit a Zen master. The first man says, “I’m thinking of moving to this town. What’s it like?” The Zen master asks, “What was your old town like?” […]
In this fourteenth part of ‘The Zen Series’, a Zen master’s answer to a monk’s innocent question, reveals great wisdom to be applied in life! You Are What You Are! According to an ancient Indian fable, a mouse was in constant distress because of its fear of the cat. A magician took pity on it […]
In this thirteenth part of ‘The Zen Series’, a Zen master’s answer to a monk’s innocent question, reveals great wisdom to be applied in life! No Cold And Heat A monk once asked Zen master, Tozan, “How can we escape the cold and the heat?” Tozan replied, “Why not go where there is no cold […]