“I do not mind the difference of opinion. I do mind hate.” ― Unknown Introduction What is the difference between illusion and reality? The illusion is an instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of sensory experience. While reality is the state of things as they exist like we can see, feel or touch someone. Many times what is considered reality is considered to be Maya which we think is real
Story: Zen, Airplane and Little Girl (Source: Google Baba) Once a Zen was travelling by flight for the first time. After some time, the storm broke, within moments that great plane was like a cork tossed around on a celestial ocean. One moment the aeroplane was lifted on terrific currents of air; the next, it dropped as if it were about to crash. The Zen also felt the discomfort and
“Realize the difference between truth and opinion.” ― Unknown Introduction What is the difference between day and night? The Earth orbits the Sun once every 365 days and rotates about its axis once every 24 hours. Day and night are due to the Earth rotating on its axis, not its orbiting around the Sun. The term ‘one day’ is determined by the time the Earth takes to rotate once on its
Story: King, Old Man and Winters (Source: Google Baba) Once in the wintertime, King was roaming outside his palace. At night when he was in the palace, he saw an old man at the entry gate of the palace. When King got close, he saw that he was an old man who was wearing very thin clothes which were not even warm. King was surprised to see how that old
“Don’t let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.” ― Shane Koyczan Introduction When we are planning to go on a long drive, say 500 kilometers, we focus on some macro-level activities like when we need to go, with whom we need to go, why we are going, how to go there etc. Before embarking on the trip, we focus on some micro-level activities like travel route, hotel stay,