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Meditation, The Right Path

The path towards God is to move inwards. A short Sufi story that relates the truth.A man who was not accustomed to cows, purchased one newly. He decided to take his newly bought cow home. The cow
Osho, Weaving fantasiesWeaving Fantasies

Desires breed fantasies, meaningless illusions that are no more than mere mirages. A short story illustrates the fact.Once a beautiful girl while on a stroll through the woods came upon a bull frog with an extremely ugly
Osho, Buddha Middle PathThe Middle Path

Follow the middle path says the Buddha.Of the many princes who were drawn to the Buudha, Prince Shrona was also one. The prince led a life of comfort and royalty, before joining the Buddha. He enjoyed, women, wine
Osho, Human heartHuman Heart, The Empty Bowl

The human heart knows no content.A short story illustrates the truth of discontentment of the human heart. In the olden days it was a honour to respect sadhus. One morning a sadhu (renunciate) reached the gates
Osho, ContentmentWatching The Moon Through The Roof

A short soul stirring read.Supreme contentment brings in the coolness of the moon, within one with burning desires. Two fakirs returned home in Japan for the rainy season after eight months of travelling, singing God's name.
Jalaluddin Rumi's Practical Lesson

A short story that lays emphasis on a patient tread on the chosen path.Jalalluddin Rumi, a Sufi master, adopted a practical approach in teaching his disciples. Once he took his disciples to a faraway field which made them
Osho, Sufi StoryStopping The Mad Mind

A Sufi story about cutting the chord of mental binding to set one free of all attachments.Junaid, the Sufi mystic taught his disciples practically taking up any situation that popped up. Once he was passing through
Handling The Troublesome Mind

A Buddhist story about freeing oneself from the tyranny of thoughts, paving way for a silent mind. A short story about leading one from the mind to the no mind, a state of eternal peace.Gautama Buddha one day
Zen Story, EnlightenmentThe Way To Enlightenment

The Zen way of attaining enlightenment is illustrated through a short story.A man once approached a zen master and asked, "What is the way?" "Listen!" said the Zen master. Everything became silent including the inquirer except
Cosmic Consciousness, OshoCosmic Consciousness

A short story denotes the manifestation and unmanifestation of things in cosmic consciousness.Junnaid a sufi mystic was passing through a small village during a dark night. He came upon a small boy who had a burning candle
Tao Story, GoodnessThis Is Good

An African king had a friend who had the habit of uttering "this is good" about anything and everything that occurred. One day the two friends went out for hunting where the friend loaded the gun for the
Zen story,  At perfect easeWhen In Perfect Ease In A Relationship...

Once an emissary returned to the palace and reported to the king that his task of delivering message to the neighbouring country was done. The king was pleased and enquired if he had seen or heard anything during
Zen story, Neurotic behaviourTrapping Neurotics

A Western Psychiatrist once visited a Zen master in Japan and asked, "How do you handle neurotics?"The master replied, " I simply trap them!" The psychiatrist was puzzled and thought what the master meant by trapping.
Spiritual experiences, ThiruvannamalaiHis Ever Present Presence, Lord Arunachaleshwara

Our trip to Thiruvannamalai was discussed and I voiced out my wish to my friends to spend my birthday there at the feet of my Master. It was customary of us to visit the temple of Arunachaleshwara
An Encounter With A Devil

One's own deeds determines one's own life. There was a lady who lived with her son in their ancestral home with the other relatives. On account of successive deaths as many as eight in a month wrought
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