the power of words

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Thousand Words Last night, the wife, my little 9 year old daughter and I watched the movie, “A Thousand Words.” I was taken by the movie’s ‘zen’ appeal and of course ‘Eddie Murphy’s’ comic charm. Even my lil girl laughed and loved the movie that was charming and filled with a wonderful message of, “the […]

Buddha (the man)

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  I believe one can respect Buddha, the man, as one would respect Abraham Lincoln for what he did while he was alive. When I read the following short story (in my daily search for zen) I thought it was an excellent example of how Buddha was a man, enlightened and lived to better […]

Belladonna

The disciple said to the master: “I have spent a great deal of my life seeing things that I should not, wishing for things I should not wish for, making plans I should not be doing.” The master invited the disciple to go for a walk.  On the path he pointed out to a plant […]

the clay Buddha

  They say that one day man wanted to know the Truth and asked it to God.  God wrote it on a great stone disk and saw that it was too big for man to understand it.  But, answering his request, threw the disk to Earth which broke in many pieces.   Each one that […]

worship

Who is the Highest? Author: Sri Chinmoy Once there was a very pious Brahmin who was utterly devoted to his family deity. He worshipped this deity every day, sitting cross legged in front of the shrine in his home. One day during his meditation, he observed that the prasad or food offered to the deity, […]

wooden blocks

  This story is few centuries old when wooden blocks were used to preserve the holy words.   Tetsugen was a Great devotee of Zen in Japan and although he has left the body he is still very much alive in many hearts. During his time Sutras (Holy scripts) were available in Chinese language only. […]

Karma

There once was a small town farmer who was the local preacher since the township could not afford a pastor, he would give the sermons on Sundays. One day the farmer and his wife was called away from the farm to tend to a young woman who was to give birth. Upon hearing this a thief […]

the wall

A female CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time. So she went to check it out. She went to the Western Wall and there he was, walking slowly up to the holy site. […]

the empty easter egg

Jeremy was born with a twisted body and a slow mind. At the age of 12 he was still in second grade, seemingly unable to learn. His teacher, Doris Miller, often became exasperated with him. He would squirm in his seat, drool, and make grunting noises. At other times, he spoke clearly and distinctly, as […]

acceptance

A grieving mother approached Buddha, carrying the body of her dead child in her arms. She begged him, “I know you can bring him back to life.”  Buddha replied, “Death is inevitable; I cannot restore his life.” The woman was devastated, and was not prepared to accept this answer. Seeing her pain, Buddha said, “I […]