Story: Mother, Beggar and Chapati (Source: Google Baba) Every morning a woman baked Chapati, an Indian flatbread, for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She would always place the extra Chapati on the windowsill, for whosoever needed to eat it. She noticed a beggar came every day and took the extra Chapati. Instead of expressing gratitude, he would mutter the following words as he
“I do not mind the difference of opinion. I do mind hate.” ― Unknown Introduction In India, when a student purchases a book to study, once the student graduates to the next class, the same book is used by their younger siblings. Once they use it and it cannot be further used in the family, it is sold to the bookseller. The bookseller again sells the same book to someone who
Story: Grandfather, Children and Wolf (Source: Google Baba) A group of children gathered around their grandfather. They were filled with excitement and curiosity. That day, there had been quite a tumultuous conflict between two adults and their grandfather was called in to mediate. The children were eager to hear what he had to say about it. One of the children in conflict asked a question to the grandfather that was puzzling
“There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs.” ― Thomas Sowell Introduction When the alarm bell rings in the morning, either we wake up or we put the alarm on snooze. When we wake up, either we spend our fresh energy on social media like newspapers, Whatsapp, Facebook etc. or we can channel our energy through yoga, meditation, morning walk etc. When we take our breakfast, we can either eat healthy
Story: Mahatma Buddha, Enlightenment and Villagers (Source: Google Baba) Once Mahatma Buddha was giving a discourse about enlightenment. After the discourse was completed, one of the participants (Sanjay) got very excited and felt very good. He came closer to Gautama Buddha and said that enlightenment can solve all the problems of our life. With a lot of enthusiasm, he continued that enlightenment is so good that everyone will embrace it