Inspirational Wisdom Blog Posts

Because seeing virtue in othersis in itself a virtue,in appreciating others,we in fact dignify ourselves.Material object were meant to betools for us to use.Yet, lacking wisdom,we are perpetually discontent,and we thus becomeenslaved by the material...

There was once a stone cutter who was dissatisfied with himself and with his position in life. One day he passed a wealthy merchant's house. Through the open gateway, he saw many fine possessions and important visitors. "How powerful that merchant mu...

Judge Nasrudin was presiding over a case.The plaintiff went first and exclaimed, "The defendant refuses to pay his restaurant bill !""I would have," the defendant countered, "but he charged me two hundred dollars for three hardboiled eggs !""Is this...

Once there was a donkey which works in a rice mill. Day after day, the donkey just walked in a circle way. One day, the donkey became too old to pull the grinder stone."You have worked all of your life. Now you are old and should retire", its owner s...

Faith is not knowing what the future holds, but knowing who holds the future.

Abide by your principles in everything you do.Never do thing just to satisfy others.For rather than satifsfying them,you may get in over your head.Good action requireeveryone's cooperation,so let's not cling to personal biases.In handling matters,let...

Once upon a time, there was a fox saw a vineyard full of ripe grapes. The fox thought, "I'll go in there and enjoy a great meal."But the fox was too fat to break through the fence. So the fox fasted for three days and three nights to make himselft sl...

It is easy to reflect onmajor mistakes,and hard to eliminatesmall bad habits.Repentancepurifies the mind ;a pure mind can readilysweep away afflictions.The hardest thingfor people to seeis them self.Nothing is impossiblewith confidence,perseverance,a...

One day Mulla Nasruddin went to market and bought a bushel of peppers. He took them home and began to eat them, one by one. An hour later some of his disciples passed by his house and found their master sitting in his kitchen, still eating the pepp...

To be humbleis shrink our egountil we are small enoughto enter another's eyesand reside intheir heart and mind.***To regard ourself lightlyis prajna(wisdom.To regard our self highlyis attachment.***People who arepreoccupiedwith past achivementscannot...

Once a young professor was making a sea voyage. He was a highly educated man with a long tail of letters after his name, but he had little experience of life. In the crew of the ship on which he was travelling was an illiterate old sailor. Every even...

Once there was a king called Asoka. Asoka was a king from India and he was also a Buddhist. He had a younger brother named Vitasoka. Vitasoka is not a religious man. He never led a religious life. What he cared about was having parties, having fun wi...

To develop good interpersonal relationships, one needs to broaden the mind, and be more affable and tolerant. *** Change your mind-set, and you will see the world differently: there is no absolute good or bad in this world. *** Building good interper...

"After we purchased the land for our monastery in 1983 we were broke. We were in debt. There were no buildings on the land, not even a shed. Those first few weeks we slept not on beds but on old doors we had bought cheaply from the salvage yard; we r...

Transient though life may be, one's contribution will live on; as we love knows no boundaries, its spirit will always remain. *** A person with a generous heart and compassion for all beings leads the most blessed life. *** To willingly undergo h...

When walking, as we step one foot forward,we lift the other foot up.In the same way, we should let go of yesterdayand focus on today.***The future is an illusion,the past is a memory.Hold on to the goodness that isin our heart at this present momenta...

Has Ajahn Brahm ever felt lonely? This question was asked by audience in a talk show entitled "All is Well" by Ajahn Brahm. The event was attended by over 5000 people in Jakarta, on March 18, 2012.With a humourous style, London-born monk, who led the...

To seek inner peace is to enjoy peace in life; to care for others is to attain happiness.***Virtues are equal to fortunes, and giving is equal to saving.***To give of oneself is to cultivate the path; to achieve inner peace is to succeed on the path.

Frederick Brotherton Meyer, an English Baptist clergyman, once gave an illustration of the process that produced quality, as follows :A bar of iron worth $2.50, when wrought into horseshoes is worth $5. If made into needles it is worth $175.If into p...

May good words be spoken by all; may good deeds be done by all; then may the fortunes of all be transformed.***May all speak good words; may all do good deeds; then all may transform their fortunes.***If everyone can just say one more good word or do...