Found this beautiful story somewhere.  Thought I would want to have it on my blog.  And here it's pasted.

A big tough samurai once went to see a little monk. "Monk," he said in
a voice accustomed to instant obedience, "teach me about heaven and
hell!"

The monk looked up at this mighty warrior and replied with utter
disdain, "Teach you about heaven ( Read more... )

(Possible readers beware, a long post ahead! Brevity surely isn’t my forte)!

Friday began with the persistent ring of the cell phone. “Sir, Rinpoche has planned a trek-cum-puja. It’s the Holy Smoke Day tomorrow. He wants you too to join in. Would you? I know your parents are around…” Sunil trailed off over phone. “Where would we be heading to?” “It ( Read more... )