Hotei pointing with the finger to the moon The nun Wu Jincang asked the Sixth Patriach Huineng, "I have studied the Mahaparinirvana sutra for many years, yet there are many areas i do not quite understand. Please enlighten me." The patriach responded, "I am illiterate. Please read out the characters to me and perhaps I [...]
“To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him.” – Shunryu Suzuki Note: This is a post by Scott Aaron Gaul. Scott is a Stress Relief Trainer. He has studied in India and has a four year degree from Antioch University in spiritual psychology. You may visit his [...]
Photo courtesy of Julian Beever "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." ~ Wayne Dyer Have you ever fought about a position you had with another person and you simply couldn’t figure out why he or she just could not agree with you? It seemed so obvious [...]
Photo courtesy of Made Underground "King Solomon once searched for a cure against depression. He assembled his wise men together. They meditated for a long time and gave him the following advice: Make yourself a ring and have thereon engraved the words "This too shall pass". The King carried out the advice. He had the [...]
The 14th Dalai Lama makes clear the obvious: everybody on earth is seeking happiness. Is there anything more important than happiness to you?
Photo courtesy of allaboutgeorge "The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live." ~Mortimer Adler The first time that I started to hear a book instead of reading it was with the material from Anthony Robbins. I was immediately amazed how much faster I [...]
The following 10 Zen stories are a selection of the ones I found most inspiring and really worth to ponder about.
