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No Work, No Food!

Hyakujo, the Chinese Zen master, used to labour with his pupils even at the age of eighty, trimming the gardens, cleaning the grounds and pruning the trees. The pupils felt sorry to see the old teacher working so hard, but they knew he would not listen to their requests to

Change The World By Changing Yourself

An aging religious leader says this about himself – “I was a revolutionary when I was young and my prayer to God was: ‘Lord give me the energy to change the world.’ As I approached middle age and realised that half my life was gone without my changing a single soul,

The Ways Of The Divine

Once when Prahalad was eleven, he saw flames and smoke coming from a distant place. When he went closer he saw that a potter had put mud pots in the fire for baking. The potter was praying with folded hands: “Oh Lord! Now it is not in my hands and

Sharing Leads To Excellence!

A farmer, whose corn always took the first prize at the state fair, had the habit of sharing his best corn seed with all the farmers in the neighbourhood. When asked why, he said, “It is really a matter of self interest. The wind picks up the pollen and carries

A Night With Shiva

A hunter once wandered deep into the jungle in search of game. Night fell and he realized that there was no way that he could return home, so he climbed up a tree to rest his tired limbs. As darkness engulfed the jungle he felt frightened. A lion’s roar

Secret Of Swordsmanship!

Tajima no Kami was fencing master to the Shogun. One of the Shogun’s bodyguards came to him one day asking to be trained in swordsmanship. “I have watched you carefully,” said Tajima no Kami and you seem to be a Master in the art yourself. Before taking you on

The Easy Way Out!

Once there was a lark singing in the forest. A man came by with a box full of worms. The lark stopped him and asked, “What do you have in the box and where are you going?” The farmer replied that he had worms and that he was going to