Author Archives: Dhwani S
As You Sow So Shall You Reap
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.” -Eckhart Tolle "With kindness in the eyes, who treats pain of…
Gift From Universe
Once I have asked myself what is the biggest gift I have received from the universe? I feel that it is life. The next question was then how I can…
A Sage
A good person and a bad person are not different; they are two sides of the same coin. But a sage is a third kind of a person – inside…
Hidden Mysteries
However, our curiosity is to know only about nonessential things. Seldom does someone reach out to know the semi-essential. And our curiosity or desire never extends to knowing that which…
Certificate For Bravery
All the energies should develop rightly. The ideas of moral teachings have turned man into a very miserable and impotent being. In the past, people experienced life in a deeper…
Matter Is Finished
We are creating people without spines who can only crawl on the earth and cannot fly like eagles in the sky. We are creating a creeping, crawling man who has…
Goat Or Dog?
You may have heard a story like this: once a Brahmin bought a goat and was taking it home. Three or four thieves saw him and thought the goat could…
Criterion Of Bliss
The direction of your life is wrong, your energy is wrong. One should be constantly vigilant, constantly inquiring; one should keep the criteria are clearly in one’s mind. If the…
You Idiot
I have heard: A person got a doctorate degree in agriculture from Delhi University. As the final examination for his degree, he was sent to a village to do a…
A Will
There is a Sufi story… A rich man died. He was not only rich; he was wise also, which happens very rarely. His son was only ten or twelve years…
List of Fools: Akbar-Birbal
One day an Arab merchant arrived at the Court of Akbar with a large consignment of horses of all ages and breeds and offered them for sale. Akbar was very…
Bilalapadaka The Selfish Rich Man: Dhammapada Stories
What Buddha said… : Do not think lightly of doing good, saying, “A little will not affect me." Just as a water jar is filled up by falling rain, drop…
The Lion and the Boar: Aesop’s Fables
On a summer day, when the great heat induced a general thirst among the beasts, a Lion and a Boar came at the same moment to a small well to…
Almsfood is Almsfood: Dhammapada Stories
What Buddha said… : He who does not take the mind and body as I and MINE and who does not grieve for what he has not is indeed called…
The Milk-Woman and Her Pail: Aesop’s Fables
A farmer’s daughter was carrying her Pail of milk from the field to the farmhouse, when she fell a-musing. “The money for which this milk will be sold, will buy…
All for the Best: Akbar-Birbal
Birbal constantly asserted that everything happens for one’s own good. Emperor Akbar, who was young, was distrustful of Birbal’s wisdom and questioned the minister’s constant, optimistic assertion. One day while…
Yussouf
Yussouf was a sheik. He was sitting at the door of his dent in the desert. It was night. Nothing was visible in the desert. The only light was the…
Character Remain Same
Once, a cat saw a smart young boy. The cat fell in love with him. She wished that she could marry him. But how could a cat marry a boy.…
Everyone is Important
The lion king was busy appointing various animals at different posts. The cheetah had been made the army commander because he was quick to think and the fastest runner. The…
Self-Help
Once, a rich merchant left his city to go to another country for trade. He went aboard a large ship. He was carrying trunks full of gold coins and precious…