A teacher gave to his student three similar dolls in the form of human and asked him: "Tell me which one is the most valuable one". The student was puzzled as these dolls were exactly the same in shape, size, colour, ... He couldn't find any distinction between any two of them. He confessed to his teacher "O teacher, they all look the same to me, I ( Read more... )

When I was a child, I thought there is a solution to all the problems ...
Then I learned that many solutions are needed ...
Then I learned that each solution becomes a problem itself ...
Then I learned that there is neither problem nor solution ... all there is, is life and its transformations.
Then I learned ... ?

Peace ...

A man came to Nasreddin saying ( Read more... )

There was a hiking contest between a group of school kids. The teacher asked each kid to pour a handful of pebbles in his or her left shoe, but keep the right shoe clean and comfortable. Then the hiking race began and kids were interviewed after the hiking. Some of them said that they couldn't get along with the pebbles, so they had to stop and ( Read more... )

This happened at work one day, but I was moved by it and fondly remember it to this day ( Read more... )

A lecture was about to be delivered by a very important spiritual master and many people had come from different places to hear the teachings. The master had written a book and asked everyone to have a copy of the book, for it was very necessary for the lecture. The master entered the room and went up to the platform ( Read more... )

There is a vast flat area in a forest called Rose-Garden, because it is full of roses, almost like an endless sea! Every spring, people of the nearby villages would come to observe and adore the mesmerizing scenery of countless roses blooming in the fresh spring weather. There was a mother and a child among the visitors. The child asked with ( Read more... )

Lord of the night took his magic mirror looked into it. The mirror showed him the people in the village Sunny-Mountain. But it wasn't sunny there at all! It was all gray and people were sad and depressed doing their boring everyday life. "Let me make them happy!" Lord of night thought to himself. "Let me send them a piece of mine!" He waved his ( Read more... )

Statement 1:
Giving up the idea of happiness = not straining to be happy

Statement 2:
Not straining = Happiness

Conclusion: Giving up the idea of happiness = Constant happiness !!!!

In an spiritual temple, one morning over the breakfast a disciple cried: "O Master, All of a sudden I got a very deep and elegant intuition about the truth! Let me explain it to you and then write it down before I forget this valuable gem!". The master said: "Join the others in the cleaning up and after the work we will write it down". The disciple ( Read more... )