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Zen Koans

Zen Master Unmon said: "The world is vast and wide. Why do you put on your robes at the sound of a bell?"  There is a practice in Zen Monastery. the younger monk has to go through a rule on hearing the bell sound; they should immediately wear the robes and assemble in...

Envy

Envy, a conditioned emotion, Why? Envy is born out of civilization. Those who envy don’t know how to achieve the desired goal. When you find your neighbor, brother, colleague achieved something which you could not, then it gives birth to emotion called Envy. Envy is...

Bhagavad Gita

Arjuna says: "O Krishna, How can i fight on this battlefield, how can I raise my bow and aim an arrow                                         to shoot my grandfather Bhisma and my respected teacher dronacharya.."  What generally happens in the growth of man. Man...

End

There is no end in end. The concept of end belongs to the thinking mind. It is born out of a conditioned mind.  The end is needed to end in the man made events.  There is no end in nature. The concept of end is familiar in man made stories. He wants to wind up because...

Live

Life happens in the beginning, middle and end.. Whenever a girl child is born, we all know God wants the world to continue. You admire certain things in the 'beginning' of life. When a new baby is born in our family circle. we rushed to see because it was not there...

Compromise

We always want someone to compromise. Someone to share less in business/ Someone to share less freedom i.e. wife/ Someone to take the blame i.e. scapegoat.. We want other parties to agree to our term to show our power or superiority, the result is, in turn we create a...

Knowing63

There is always who I am, Whether I'm a man or woman. I always have a doubt when i moved in public. Whether am to be considered to be male biologically or depend on the behaviour on the given situation i should considered about my sex. I sometimes cry thinking that...

Harkara

What does a civilized society do to its people?  It provides some yardstick to stick into the society like education, ethics, manners, truth etc. These traits are taught to every person in order to become fit-to-live inside the society.   What does a hero do?  He is...

Knowing53

Adjusting is not adjusting. We never adjust but we do trade off in relationships especially in marriage. There are so many factors to be factored without giving a price. Someone pays a heavy price and the other one will just take it for granted, We never adjust...

Behind Loans

Why should you borrow? If you are salaried to meet the casual expenditure you would have borrowed from your friend.  What happens really after borrowing. The borrowed money you are spending does not belong to you. Hence you never find 100% happiness in it and from the...

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Office Meeting

Office Meeting

Office Meeting has its own way of understanding. We all attended a meeting, at least once in our office,  Assume a new policy is introduced, everyone in the meeting would have experienced it, as if we all understood the idea behind it.  But actually we are not, that's...

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There are always two opposite aspects in everything.   Have you watched the tree?  It is so hard but still it allows us to make furniture out of it.  You can sit  and put on your entire weight confidently and you are never going to get crushed.  How come the same tree...

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Temporary

Temporary

Your word temporary does not refer to the present situation. Actually it belongs to the future    Anything you say temporarily will become temporary only when you change it. The change will have to come in future to prove the past one to be called temporary otherwise...

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Wisdom

Wisdom

You may be here You may not be here You cannot be in (both places) here and there.   Sometimes you may be proved wrong e.g. when two protons emitted from the same sources, travelling in different directions but still can interact and alter the happening irrespective...

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Meiyazhagan

Meiyazhagan

The visible tree belongs to the present environment, but the root belongs to the birth. Here the story swings around this concept. We never forget day to day events but suppress them under our conscious mind. Just a clue or smell is enough to bring to our attention.  ...

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BLACK

BLACK

Once upon a time there was no time!!   There was a true incident. A woman experienced his brother arriving from an army leave. Later she received a phone call that her brother died on the battlefield. When she rushed to his brother's room, there was no sign of his...

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