keep it simple!

Keep things simple!! The Master asked a new student;  “Where are you from?” The student fidgeted and said “I am from an emptiness created by form. “Most interesting, I am from Hunan Province” replied the Master.

The Psychiatrist meets a Zen Master

The Psychiatrist & the Master Upon meeting a Zen master at a social event, a psychiatrist decided to ask him a question that had been on his mind. “Exactly how do you help people?” he inquired. “I get them where they can’t ask any more...

A Principal guide to Live by:

  A traveller passing through the Country side Came upon an elderly gentleman who was busy planting a tiny almond tree. Knowing that almond trees take many years to mature, he commented to the man “Sir It seems odd that a man of your advanced age would plant...

The New Student!

The Master and the Student. The master asked a brand new student, “How was the lunch we served today?” The student said “Oh, very good.” The master said to a senior priest standing nearby, “Get rid of the cook. He is useless.”

Principles to live by

 A traveller through the mountains came upon an elderly gentleman who was busy planting a tiny oak tree. Knowing that oak trees take many years to mature, he commented to the man “It seems odd that a man of your advanced age would plant such a slow-growing...