Spiritual U-Turns
“It’s been two whole years, Kenny! I can’t wait to see you!” Remembering Mom’s exuberance disrupted the directions in my head, and I slowed to a stop. No other...
Second Chance
SECOND CHANCE (a story of redemption and transformation) “I don’t care what your friend says, they’re my dishes and I want you to pack them the way I say...
The Great Sleep
I have-heard a very beautiful Jewish story. It is tremendously significant — it is about a man: He was always sleepy. And always ready to sleep. Everywhere. At the...
Eternal Chase
I have always loved an ancient story. God made the world, and from that very day the sun went running after darkness. And darkness could not understand: it has...
A Man Who Did Not Grieve When His Son Died
THIS STORY, today’s story, is a very simple story but very significant. And it always happens that significant things are very simple, and simple things are very significant. THERE...
The Value Of Kindness
The golden deer named Rohanta was actually the Bodhisattva. He lived with his brother Chittamiga and sister Sutana near a lake. One day, Khema, the queen of Benaras, had...
Desire Versus Technique
There is a beautiful story in Hindu annals about a great saint, Valmiki. He was a robber, a murderer. He has written the story of Rama, one of the...
Henpecked Husband
You will be surprised to know that the English word `love’ comes from a very ugly root in Sanskrit. It comes from lobh. Lobh means greed. And as far...
Journalist And His Rumor
I have often told a small story about a great journalist who died and reached the doors of heaven. The doors of heaven and hell are not far apart;...
A Woman Who Made Love
A very small story, nothing much in it, and yet tremendous is its content. A WOMAN WHO MADE LOVE TO EVERY MAN WHO CAME TO HER FOR SEX BUT...