A Saint In The Wrong Place
Once upon a time, there was a man who had been the soul of kindness all his life. When he died, everyone assumed that he would go straight to Heaven, for the only possible place for a good man like…
Once upon a time, there was a man who had been the soul of kindness all his life. When he died, everyone assumed that he would go straight to Heaven, for the only possible place for a good man like…
Every day Nasrudin went to beg for alms in the market, and people used to make fun of him by playing the following trick: They would show him two coins, one worth ten times more than the other, and Nasrudin…
On a pleasant spring afternoon, a friend went to visit the painter El Greco. To his surprise, he found him in his atelier with all the curtains drawn.
A disciple asked Hejasi: I want to know what is the most funny thing about human beings.
How can I know the best way to act in life? the disciple asked the master. The master asked him to build a table.
A philosopher was strolling through the forest with a disciple, discussing the importance of unexpected encounters. According to the philosopher, everything around us provides us with an opportunity to learn or to teach. They knocked on the door and were…
There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village. As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish. “Well, I usually…
After four years of drought in the small north-east village, the priest gathered everyone for a pilgrimage up to the mountain; There they would do a collective prayer, asking for the rain to fall again. It sufficed the faith of…
A doctor entered the hospital in a hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call as soon as possible, changed his clothes, and went directly to the surgery block. “Calm down?! What if your son…
An old hunter of foxes, considered to be the best in the region, decided finally to retire. He gathered together his belongings and resolved to set off for the south of the country, where the climate was milder. In the…
Near Tokyo lived a great Samurai, now old, who decided to teach Zen Buddhism to young people. One afternoon, a warrior – known for his complete lack of scruples – arrived there. The young and impatient warrior had never lost…
A 24-year-old boy seeing out from the train’s window shouted… ‘Dad, look the trees are going behind!’