Author Archives: Dhwani S
The Crafty Crane and the Craftier Crab
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. - Sam Rayburn The Crafty Crane and the Craftier Crab A heron lived near a…
Witness
You are not missing anything, not even the dark night of the soul: You are already in it! To be unconscious of your actions, your thoughts, your feelings creates your…
Mantra And Monkeys
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing?' Martin Luther King, Jr. Mantra And Monkeys Milarepa was a mystic who lived in Tibet. One day a young…
Not Even for Free
If a man recites religious scriptures without bothering to understand the ideas being stated. Such person is not better than a ladle that is dipped in all kinds of food,…
A Sage
To tackle a problem intellectually is very easy. But to tackle a problem existentially - not just to think about it, but to live it through, to go through it,…
Angulimal
You must not return abuse in return of abusive words because your patience is self sufficient to burn that person from within. - Vidur If you go into the outside…
Be Real To Life, Not To Logic
When you are deeply in love your mind cease to be. There is no past; only the present moment becomes everything. - Osho. Be Real To Life, Not To Logic…
The Tea-Master and The Assassin
Everyone is likely to face troubles in life and even wise men fear from them. Anyhow, a really wise man deals with trouble wholeheartedly and boldly upon its arrival. -…
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…