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When I was only six and my younger brother was two, our father passed away.
Since then, my mother and we were dependent upon each others.
Our days were difficult.
My mother had to work very hard to keep our family together.
The income could just enough to cover basic expenses.
Until one day, my mother ushered a man into our home.
She asked us to call him - FATHER.
No, he was just our stepfather.
I was nine that year.
My stepfather became the economic backbone of the entire family.
The impression of my childhood, he was extremely industrious man.
He also adored my mother very much.
Moreover, he took full responsibility for the family and
never let my mother worry too much.
He was a kind of reticence and relaxed but very spiritual.
He had a long lanky head and the deep small eyes on his brown face.
He had a pair of rough big hands in his early forty.
He also had a wont to carry an ancient tobacco pipe with
a brown smoothly body around.
He would suck a few mouthfuls of it whenever he was free.
I had always against smoking.
I called him behind his back – A TOBACCO FIEND.
I remembered that he had moved in with us about a year later.
I secretly hid his beloved pipe one day.
He was like the ants in his pants and his eyes were red over the next few days.
My mother had questioned harshly (...)
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Once upon a time, a temple called Mercy, which was located on a mountaintop.
There lived two monks. One named AWAKEN. The other named HAZY.
At the beginning, they went out for alms every day. Awaken went out alone later on. Hazy found that he only had gone out for a day and could make a lot of alms easily. Then, he used the alms to trade for the daily necessities. Such as the rice and flour…, these were enough for couples of weeks at least.
He idled his time away in eating and sleeping in the temple.
Awaken advised him not to fiddle the time away and continued to the alms routine.
Hazy was annoyed. He said, ‘ Why are we Buddhist so greedy ?
The foods are enough for half a month. Why should I be occupied always ?’
‘ Junior fellow, Why don’t you understand the groovy and the true essence of alms after all these years ?’ said Awaken and murmured, ‘ Namo Amitabha !’
Hazy replied ironically, ‘ You go out with your bare hands at sunrise and return with the bare hands at sunset everyday. What have you got from alms, then ?’
Awaken said, ‘ All the almsgiving is turned into mercy. The mercy grows from the heart. It will also deliver to every heart.’
Hazy was bewildered and said, ‘ I don’t get it! I don’t get it!’
Subsequently, Hazy was bothered with the doles, which was become less and less.
One day of alms which (...)
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It was said that, since Buddha had given a public education in a country.
The common people all became the morals, courtesy and thoughtfulness.
They lived in harmony with the mutual love and support each others,
which had made the land verily a paradise.
The marvelous tidings had been spread far and wide.
A pagan named - MAZE who wondered about the mighty power and
high-mindedness of Buddha.
He decided to pay a formal visit to Buddha and might seek for his advice.
He underwent a long and arduous journey to arrive in that country.
But, he had experienced something,
which was puzzled him before he had yet to meet Buddha.
In fact, that country was located in tropical region.
That place had haunted by many vipers.
It was also known that one could be killed instantly by just a bite.
As he walked along, he saw a farmer and his son worked in the field.
Suddenly, a viper glided smoothly towards the younger.
He raised a cry and died at once.
The farmer kept on his work.
It seemed that the death of his son was no effect on him.
Maze surprised and asked, ‘ Who is this young man ?’
The farmer replied, ‘ My son.’
‘ Your son is just killed by a viper. Don’t you grieve ?
How can you continue to your work ? Is he your biological son ?’ asked Maze.
The farmer said, ‘ Why should I (...)
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A young monk supposed to wander around the world.
But, he postponed the departure date again and again.
The abbot waited impatiently,
‘ You’d supposed to start off six months ago.
What’s stopping you ?’
The very perturbed monk sighed, ‘It is a trial of a very long journey.
I can’t imagine how many thousands of mountains and rivers
I will have to go through. The climates, the clothes, the foods and some others…
I need to have a very well plan before I set off.’
The abbot hesitated for a while and nodded,
‘ Yes, it is such a very long way.
You certainly need to have a well preparation.
Do you have enough shoes ?’
Then, the abbot ordered every monk to make ten pair of shoes for him.
There were some one hundreds monks living in the temple.
Over thousands pairs of shoes were piled up in his room not long after.
The young monk was stunned at the scene.
The abbot ordered again, ‘ This junior is going far away.
He will meet the unnumbered trials and hardships on the journey.
Everyone makes an umbrella for him.’
Over hundreds umbrellas were delivered to his room before long.
The shoes and the umbrellas were stacked like a hill.
The abbot asked, ‘ Do you have enough clothes ? I will order…’
The young monk interrupted,
‘ Teacher, I wander around the world (...)
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The best and the last love in your entire life
A very distracted man has a talk with Buddha in a temple one late night.
He, ‘Enlightened Buddha, I’m a married man,
but I’m frantically falling in love with another woman now.
I really don’t know what to do!’
Buddha, ‘ Are you sure that woman whom you are falling for is the best and
the last love in your life ?’
He, ‘ Yes, I’m sure.’
Buddha: ‘ You divorce your present wife and marry her, then.’
He, ‘ But my wife is a kind of gentle and virtuous woman.
Will I be too cruel and immoral to do this ?’
Buddha, ‘You have already fallen for someone else.
There are truly cruel and immoral to hold on to a loveless marriage.
You’re making the right choice.’
He, ‘ My wife who honesty loves me very very much !’
Buddha, ‘Then she is happy.’
He, ‘ She should be suffered if I would divorce her ! How can she be happy ?’
Buddha, ‘ She has her love for you in the marriage.
You have lost your love for her in the marriage because you fell for someone else. Some say, the happy one is the one to own the true love.
The unhappy one is the one to lose in love. Hence, you’re the one to suffer actually.’
He, ‘ But, I’m the one leaving her. (...)
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His feeling for her became more and more just a procedure and
an obligation after they had married for 10 years.
The passions and the joys were gone long ago.
Kazrim had also lost his interest in her.
He expected to racket about all night long and hanged out with other women.
There came a young and lively girl who has madly attracted to him in the office.
He suddenly believed that she was his second chance.
He decided to divorce his wife after he pondered deeply over his future.
Galaxy was probably numb with him too, and agreed to divorce calmly.
They both went into the Divorce Division.
The formality was gone through very smoothly.
They were two free individuals when they came out.
Kazrim seemed to be in a daze unexpectedly.
He took a look at her and said, ‘ It’s getting dark now. Let’s go for a dinner !’
Galaxy looked him back quietly,
‘ Well, some say there is a new restaurant called – DIVORZIO.
It dedicates to perform a dinner for the divorce couples. Would you like to try ?’
Kazrim nodded.
They walked in tandem silently to the – RESTAURANT DIVORZIO.
‘ Good evening, Sir, Madam. ’ a waitress welcomed them with friendly smile on her face.
She led them into a room.
‘ What would you like to order, please ?’ said the waitress.
Kazrim looked at her, ‘ You make the (...)
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The passenger in the journey of life
One day, Buddha passed a respected philanthropist house fortuity.
The master was not at home.
He glanced around that sumptuous house. Everything was very cozy and grandiose. There placed a chaise longue next to the hall.
The master raised some dogs. He specifically doted on one dog very much.
They enjoyed each other company always.
It would be filled with joy whenever the master came home.
Normally, the people were not allowed to sit on the chaise longue, but that dog.
The dog could sit on it for the meals everyday.
It was fed with the good food in a very nice bowl too.
The dog was having meal when Buddha just walked pass.
It jumped down from the longue and barked fiercely.
Buddha could not get near, but said, ‘ What’s a niggardly nerd. You had never learned in your previous life and you still carry the bad habit into this life.’
Buddha left, then.
The dog was very depressed after listened to Buddha. It lay on the floor silently.
The master came home later. The dog did not welcome him as it used to.
He tried to stroke and called its name, the dog still lay there like a stone.
It even lost its appetite at last.
The master asked the maid for the reason why. The maid reported the recent happenings. He could not figure it out.
The very worried master went to see Buddha at once.
He asked, ‘Merciful Buddha. What had you done to my (...)
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A temple stood in the center of a huge lake,
which stretched to the horizon.
The scenery was so beautiful and peaceful.
A great master and his twenty junior monks lived together and cultivated
the wisdom of Buddha in harmony.
Hearsay a precious string of wooden beads had been worn by Buddha,
which was enshrined in the temple.
They only had a small cockleboat to connect to the outside world.
And no one could approach the temple easily.
In that case, the string of Buddha beads was in safekeeping.
In such a picturesque atmosphere and the blessing of the Buddha beads,
the junior monks concentrated on the learning and expected to complete the study
as soon as possible.
Until one day, the great master assembled everyone and declared,
‘ The Buddha beads was lost !’
The temple was guarded twenty-four hours a day in rotation by the junior monks themselves.
No one could sneak into the temple secretly.
It was inconceivable that it had lost suddenly.
They all discussed that incident.
The worst was everyone from the monk became the suspect.
The great master consoled them and said, ‘ I don’t care about this matter.
If only the one would admit his mistake and promise to treasure the Buddha beads.
I’m willing to give it to him.’
Then, he gave them seven days for consideration.
No one (...)
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Love was at a distance of 47 years
It was back to 16 years ago, Guixiang had married to his beloved wife
of neglect the secular remarks.
When he met a woman whose name was Xiulian, a graceful name.
She had divorced from her previous marriages twice already.
He fell madly in love with her, by the time he was only 21 years old.
And he was suffering from the eyes disease at that time.
His parents extremely annoyed at their romance.
Seeing his lady was rejected, he took her to live in a cave of the mountain for couple of weeks. He wanted to prove to his parents that she was the only one
he would share his entire life with.
He built a bamboo hut next to his parents’ house when they returned to the village.
They got marry finally three years later.
Besides helping his parents for the farm work, Xiulian did almost everything for them too.
She always presented them everything but the best. She was just a peacemaker
in the entire family. Her virtue was well received gradually.
Lack of money for his eyes sickness, Guixiang had lost his sight completely three years later. Apart from the cultivation, Xiulian also raised the livestock in order to maintain their livelihood. In contempt of her age, she climbed up to the mountain
to chop the firewood and let him carry it on his shoulder. They went home by taking each other hands. She even went to the forest to cut the bamboos. Then, they weaved the (...)
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Once upon a time, there had a very ill-tempered woman.
She could rage over a silly little thing always.
She understood that was wrong.
She consulted a Zen Master for improvement, one day.
The Zen Master led her into a room after listened to her distress.
He locked the door up and walked away without saying a word.
She had lost her mind completely in a flash.
She jumped and screamed for a very long time.
Then, she shouted for attention.
The Zen Master turned a deaf ear to her shouting.
The woman had gone silence at last.
The Zen Master stood outside the door and asked, ‘Are you still mad ? ’
The woman yelled, ‘ Yes, I’m mad with myself.
Why should I come to such a place and make myself suffer ! ’
‘ How can one be calm as the still water if she is mad with herself yet ? ’
The Zen Master went off in a huff.
Later on, he asked her again, ‘ Are you still mad ? ’
‘ Not anymore ! ’ the woman replied.
‘ Why ? ’ asked the Zen Master.
‘ It can’t help at all ! ’ the woman answered.
‘ You’re keeping your rage down deep in your mind.
Your rage will get to the top when you flare up. ’
said the Zen Master and left again.
When he came back at the third time,
the woman said, ‘ I’m not angry anymore. It’s just not worth !.’
The Zen Master smiled, ‘ (...)
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A senior professor said to the students in a class,
‘We are going to do a survey today.’
‘ SURVEY !’ the students thought that might be more interesting than the lecture.
There were only two questions on the paper when they received it.
Question 1 : She is a gorgeously young lady with a lovely oval face,
bright-eyed, fair skin and a beautiful slender figure.
He loves her very much.
Unfortunately, she comes across a car accident one day.
Her face is seriously burnt and remains a big ugly scar.
Do you think that he will still love her as usual ?
Answer : A –HE MUST. B – HE MUST NOT. C – HE MAYBE.
Question 2 : He is an elite in the business circles, well bred, intelligent,
well educated and handsome.
She loves him very much.
Unfortunately, he goes bankrupt one day.
Do you think that she will still love him as usual ?
Answer : A – SHE MUST. B – SHE MUST NOT. C – SHE MAYBE.
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