THE SONG OF THE BIR
ANTHOY
DE
MELLO, SJ.
THE SONG OF THE BIR
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• C. Gmes SJ. Bi of Ahmedad ptember 3rd, 1981
Image ks editin published ptember 19 by specal angement with Cener r Sprial Exhange Libary of Congess Cataling-in-Publicati Data De Mel, Anthn 1931The Sng the Brd 1 Spiritual lfeCathlc authrs 2 Strytelng (Christian thelgy) I. Tile 8410105 BX23502.D386 19 2484'82 ISBN 0385196156 Coright© 2 Anthony de Mello SJ Lonavla, Ind A RGHTS RESERE PRNTE N THE UNTE STATES OF AMERCA 5 8 4 u 0
CONTENTS
EAT UR N FRU
1
A VITAL DIFFERENCE
THE SONG O THE BIRD
THE STIG
HE ELEPHANT AND THE RAT
HE RYAL PIGEON
7
MONKEY SALVATION FOR A FSH
SALT AND COON IN THE RIVER
9
THE SRCH OR THE ASS
10
TRUE SPIRITUALITY
11
THE LILE ISH
113
DID U HR HAT BIRD SING?
11
CHOP D!
16
THE AOOS
119
0
NSA AWAENSS
v
HOLINESS IN THE PRESE MOMENT
21
HE TEMPLE BELLS
22
THE WORD MADE FLESH
24-25
HE MAN OL
26
SEARCHING IN THE WRONG PLACE
27
nE QUESTION
28
LABEL MAKERS
29-30
THE ORMU
31
THE EXLORER
333
THOMAS AQUINAS STO WRITING
34
THE SMARTIG DERVSH
35
ONE OTE OF WISDOM
36
WHAT ARE U SAYING?
37
THE DE VIL AND HIS FRIEND
39
NASRUDDIN IS DEAD
41
BONES TO TEST OUR FAIH
42
WHY GOOD PEOPLE DIE
43
THE MASER DOES NOT KOW
44
v
LOOK INO HS EYES
6
WHAT FROM EGYPTIAN TOMBS
47
AMND THE SCRIPRES
8
TH PROFSSIONALS
49
TH EXPRTS
5
TH SOUP OF TH SOUP OF TH DUCK TH MONSTER IN THE RVER
552 53
TH POISONED ARROW
54 - 55
T BABY STOPS CRYING
565
TH EGG
58
SHOUT TO KP SAFEAND CRTAIN
59
RVR WATR FOR SAL
60
TH MDAL
6
NASRUDDIN IN CHINA
62
TH GURU'S CAT
63
LITURGCAL VESMENS
6
DANDLIONS
656
DONT CHANGE
68
v
90
RD
HE ARB ASPAT E ARE THREE, OU ARE THREE PRAER CA BE DAGEROUS
ARADA DESTI
A TOSSED COI
PRAIG OR RAI
THE DISABLED OX
9-0
THE OOD GOD TE IVE MOS
THE JOB
DIOGEES STAD
U AD BE COUTED
E TRUTH SHOP
-0
ARR PATH
9
THE PHO THE DREAM COTRACT
99
VE ELL VE ELL
94
v
SNS DD N A DRM
9
E GLDEN EAGLE
9
E DCKLNG
E SALT LL
9
H AM
99100
E TALKATVE LVER
101
DRPPNG E "
10
DRP R NiNG
10
E ZN MASTER AND E CHRSTAN
1010
C R E DEVL
10
BEER SLEEP lAN SLANDER
10
E MNK AND E MAN
10109
THE SPRAL HEAR AACK
11111 11
T KN CHR E LK ESS
1111
E GLDEN EGG
1111
D NE
1111
ONEYED AND THE BARBER
11910
x
THE PHREE
2
THE OLD WON RON
22
L ORETLNE
2
THE LOTU
2425
TH TURTLE
227
BYZD BRE TH RULE
28
TRKY EOL
2
UC TO THE DE
C
THE CONNED FIHER
2
T EVEN JR OF OLD
45
RBLE ON ODRN LI
6
F HYYI
7
E KY ND_ TH CR
8
WHO CN TL TE OON!
THE DOND
44
Y FOR CONTENTED IND
424
TiE RLD R OF RELION
4445
DSNTON
146
SUS T T FOOTB TH
147148
OUS HTD
149
OFFNS ND DFNS
15
DO
151152
HN T WOD B HNN DOSTTD B
15 154155
TH OST SH
156
TH F
157
TH S
15�159
ONFUUS TH S
16161
H FUT
162
TH OON
16
SNS O F T H
164165
THNS ND S
166167
SON T
16�169
TH STN N NTUS OF O
17 171172
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Tis bk has be wit f peple f e persui, reliius an nneli I cann hw, he m my reae he fa ha am a pes f he Cahlic Chuch I ha wane eely in mysica rains ha ae n Chian an n elis an I have ben pfunly ince by h I my Church, hw ha ke euin, fr she my spriual hme an while I am aely, me im baassinly cn f h limians an nawns I a knw ha i she wh h frme an ma me wha I am ay i h ha I aely icae h bk
eyone oes stories, nd you w n penty of them n ths bok Stores that are Buddhit Chrsian Zen Hasdc, Russan Chnese, Hndu Su; tories ancent and contemporry. n they all hav a speal quality: if ra n a can knd of way they wi prouce sptual owth H TO D THEM Thr are three ways 1 Ra a story once Then mov on to aothr tor This manner of reaing v you only entr tainment
Rea a tory twic Rt on it Appy t to your lfe Th wl give you a tat of thoog Ti sot of thng can be fitfully don a oup hr members share their retions on th to ou thn have a tholocal circl Rea the stoy again aftr you have rct on t Crat a sience wthin you an lt th toy rveal to you its nner depth an mang Somthng byon wors and reecons This ll v you a fel for th mystica. Or carry th story arou all ay an llow its a ce ts me to haunt you Let t spak to your heart, not to your rain Th too coul make some thg of a mstc out of you It s wth ths mystcal end n ew that most of thes stois were ori nay tod. XV
CAON Most of the stories have a comment appended to them The comment is meant as a sample of the kind of comment you youself may want to make Make you own Don't limit youself to te ones you nd in tis book Why boow someone elses insights Bewae of applying te stoy to anyone (piest, mulla chuc, neigbor oter than yourself If you do so te story will do you damage. Every one of tese stoies is about no oe else When you ea te ook f te st time ead the stoies in te oder in wic they are set down The ode impats a teaching and a spirit tat will e lost if the stoies ae ead haphazaly GLOAR
ooy:
Te art of telling stoies about te Divine Also te art of listening to tem
Myc Te rt of tasting ad feeling in you eat te inner meaning of suc stories to the point tat tey tansfo you
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EAT YOUR OWN FRUIT
A dcp onc compand Y u tor but you n ra thr manng o u Sad th matr How oud you k omon ord you ut and macad bor gng o you
o one an nd your meanng fo yo• Not even the mate.
A VITAL DIFFERENE
Uwa th Su wa onc akd "at ha gac brought you" H d "Wh I wak n th mong I k a man who not u h w Jv ng Sad th quon But don t on know th" Sad Uwa ctany do But not a o thm t"
No one ver became runk on he wor wn
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THE SN OF THE BID dp wr of quton bout God Sd th mt "God th Uno nd th Unb Ev tt bout hm vry nwr to your quton dtorton of th tuth "
e discipes ee bedd. hy d yu spea abut him at a Wy d the bd sin said the mate
Nt becaue it a a tatement, but becaue it a a ng. Te wrd f te clar are t be undertd Te wrd f te mater are nt t be undertd. Tey are t be litened t a ne liten t te wind in te tree and te und f te river and te ng f te bird Tey will awaken meting witin te eart tat i beynd all knwledge
T STN
A sant nce the f speakng the ana f the ants He apprached ne wh seed he schar pe and asked "Wat the Amgh ke Is he n an wa smar t the ant Sad the schar Te Amgh tan n � an u see ha n e sng But the Amgh he has
Suggeted potcript: Whe aked what heave wa ke the atcho o ey repled "ere we ha be ut ie him havig two tig each oy maler oe A bitter cotrovery rage amog reiou choo of thought a to where exactly the ecod tig be ocated
i the heavey body of the at
TE ELEPANT AN TE RAT
An ehant as enjyn a esuey dp n a june p hen a at came up t the p and nssted that the eephant et ut n ',
" sad the ehant
nsst
yu et ut th mnute, sad the at "Wy sha e yu that ny ae yu ae ut f the p
'en I n et ut But he nay umbed ut f the p std n nt f the at and sad N th, hy dd yu ant me t et ut f the p . check f yu e ean my smmn tun " sad the a
elephat wll soone t nto the tnk of a at than God wl t nto our notons of hm
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TE ROYAL PIEON
Nsuddn beame pme mnste to the n. One hle he anded thouh the plae he s oyl fon. N Nsuddn hd nev se ths nd f a e bf. S g a pa f scsss an mm h claws h wngs, an h ba f h facn w yu l l a cn b, h sa Yu p ha vnly bn nglcng yu.
Yu n s hs smhng wng wh you
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MOKEY SALVTIO FO A FISH
Wa on eath ae yu doin? said I to he monkey hen I sa him lif a sh om the a and place i n a f ' am sain i om dnin " the eply
he sun ha gies sigh o he eagle blinds he owl
SALT AD COTTO I THE IVE
Nasddn akng a ad sat t the markt H dnk waded hrgh the and the sat dved W reach the pposte bank the anma ran arnd n crc yed that ad had be ghted Nasddn annyed O the next market day he packed the pann wth ctn Te ass neary drned wth the ncased weght f the cn k n
Te sad Nasddn geey "a w each yo t thnk that each me y g thgh wa y stand t n
Two pens wa to elon e cae ave, te oter downed.
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R R
Eeone bece ed h the Muh Nsuddin tide hi n thouh the stee of the ie Wee e ou o to Muh the ed ehn fo d the uh he hizzed b
h Zn mast of na was onc sn schng fo his body t ovdd ndl nttamnt to hs nn lghtnd dscls On vn coms acos ol who a sosly sachng fo God!
0
TRUE SPIRITUALITY
Te mast as ased Wat spiitual? He said Sptual that which sucee in binn one inne tansfomation " But if I aly the taditional methods handed down by the mast, that not spiituali 7t is not spituali if it ds not pfom i ncton fo you A blanet no lon a blanet if it do not eep y " spiiali does chae?"
eople chane and needs chane what s spiali on spiali no moe Wat ealy oes un the name of spituali meely the eco of past methods "
Don cu te peson o e coa
HE LILE FISH
Ecuse me s oce s u re od t c you te me we to d ts tg t ce o Te oce sd te od s s te tg you re ow O ts But ts Wt m seeg s te e d te dst e m wy to serc ee
He came to the mater i ayai robe Ad he poke ayai guage "or year I have bee eekg G I have ought hi everywhee that he i aid to be o mouta peak the vate of the deert, the ece of the coiter ad the dweg of the poor "Have you fod hm? the mater aked "No I have ot. Have you
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Wha could h masr say? Th ning sun was snding shafs of goldn igh ino h oom Hundds of spaows wr wiring on a nary anyan r In h dsanc on coud har h sound of highway rac A mosquio drond a wang ha i was going o sri . And y his man could si hr and say h ha no foud God Afr a whl h lf disappoind o sarch lsewhr
Sop sarchng li sh Thr isn anyhing o loo o Al you ha o o is k
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DID YOU HEA THAT BID SI
Hnd ndia developed a magnien mage o desbe Gods elaionship wih eaion God dan eaion He is he daner, reaon s his dane The dane is dier en fom he daner ye i has no exisene apa fom him. Yo anno ae i home in a box f i pleases you The momen he dane sops he dane eases o be n or es for God, we hi oo mh ee oo muh, al oo mh Even when we loo a hs dane ha we all reaion, we ae he whole time hining, alng o ourselve and ohers) reng, analyg, philosophing Words Nose Be silen and onemplae he dane Jus loo: a sar, a ower a fading leaf, a bid, a sone any fraen of he dane will do Loo Lisen mell Touh Tase And, hopefully, i won be long before you see himhe daner himself
T ispl as alay mpla t mast u ar i t al st Z m m A ul t at t mt ials
e day h we wakn n he h wh h head a bd sn. d yu hea ha bd sn sad he mas Y sad he dspe. e, nw y Jnw ha I hae hdd nhn yu. "Y
ou reall ead a bd sg f ou reall saw a tee ou would ow Beod wods ad cocets What was ta ou sad You ave head dozes of birds sig ad see udreds of tees? Ah was t the tr ou saw or the label If ou loo a a t ad s a tr ou have reall ot see the t e ou l at the ee d see a miraclete at last ou ave s d ou hea ever ll wth wordless woder we ou heard a brd i sog?
I CHOP WOOD!
he Zen ma aaned ihenmen J oe he fooin in o ceebae i: Oh ondou mae I chop ! I da e om he
fter enlghtenment nthg reay hanges The tree s st a tree pepe are ust what they were befre a s are yu Yu may ntnue t be as my r eventempere as w r fsh The ne erene s that yu s thgs wth a erent eye Yu are mre etahe frm t al nw yur hea s ful f wner. That s the essene f ntempatn the sense f wner
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ontemplaton s deent fo ecstasy n that ecstasy leads to wthdawal he enlghtened contemplatve con tnues to chop wood and daw water fom the well. Con templaton s deent fo the pecepton of beauty n that the peception of beauty (a pantng o a sunset) po duces aesthetc delght wheeas contemplaton poduces wonderno matte what t obsees, a sunset o a stone his s the peogatve of chlden hey are so often n a state o wonde o they easly slp into the ngdom
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THE BAMBOOS
Bowni ou dog sat looing u th t as cocd tail tnsl wag H was attndig to a mon o thouht distubed his total concntation no wo fo to moow Bown was th nst thing to pu contmla ton that hav v sn You ma hav incd som of this ouslf whn ou w totall absobd watching a cat at la H is a fomula fo contmlation as good as an now B total in th psnt Do v thought of th futu, do v thought of th ast, do v imag and abstaction and com ito th snt ontmlation will ais
t ya o ta th spl b hs mas to v hm ltmt T mast l m a bamb a sa that bamb ho a s? S tat ot o th o shot ? t pl lht
ey say Budda prated eve fo of asetsm o to te Ida of s tmes a eort to atta elgte met All va Oe day e sat uder a bod tree ad elghtemet ourredHe passed o te seret of elgt emet to s dsples ords that must seem strage to te utated We you da a deep breat o mos be aare that you are drag a deep breat Ad e you a a salo breat o mos e aae tat you are drag a slo breat Ad e you ra a medsze breat oh mos e aare tat you are rag a medsed breat. Aare e Atteto Asorpto s of absorpto oe obsees lttle dre ey ae ose to te Kgdom
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NN WRN
No Zen uen wou preue o e o un e ive w i r fr e yer. no in opee i yer of ppreip, uire e rnk of e Oe y e w o ii e er Nnin w riny y o no wore woo o n rre n ubre W e ke in Nnin eee i wi Y ef your o o n ubre on e por, in you e i you pe your ubre on e ri ie of e lo or on e lef no be for e i no know e n He reze e ke r e bee Nnn n be fr no yer o uire onn wren
son wo is caslssl awa t son wo i total snt at ac momnt bol t mast!
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HOLINESS IN THE PESENT MOMENT
uddha wa once aked, "What make a peron hoy He repied "Eery hour i diided ito a certai numer o econd ad eery econd into a certai numer o rac tion yone who i ale to e totay preent in each racton o a econd i holy
Te pe wor w pue by i ie n own ino prion A ni e ou no e for e w nne e u be orure e ne in. T e of e o in orow no re. Te ony rei now
e e o e rn fe e
Te peron oer whom the uture ha ot it p. How ike the ird o the ar and the ie o the eld No aneti or tomoow Tota preence i the now Hoe!
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THE TEMPLE BELLS
T tpl bul a sla a l a ta blls Blls b a small as by t ! atsm t l W t bl a st a all t blls U pal ut a sympy ta u s t a! t a aps But v t rs t la sak ! sa a t t tmpl bl A a/ l sa !a t bls tu t pal ut aslly, a l b a by ay ul lst Isp by !s l, a yu ma /avl tu ml t a ts blls H sa ays t so a t s la a lt t all s mt But all ul a as ! su t s H ma v t blk ut But t aval; t su t sa sm t t l H kt at s /ask Ea m t sat ul lst t t vlla spk t ut t myst l T s at b aam ly bm sua aa t t yl ul
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nally he decded to g ve up the attpt. ha he was no destned to hear the bel. ehaps the legend was not ue was his nal day and he wt to the shore say goodbye to the sea and the s and the wind and the coconut ees. e lay on the and and for the st tme listeed to the sound of the sea on he s so lt in the sound that he was baely coous of himsel de the silce that the ound produced n the dth of that silence he heard it e nle of a ny be foowed y anoth and another and anoth and on ery one of the thousand temple bel was pealn g out in haony and hs heart ws rapt in joyous ecst
Do ou ws to a t tmp bs st to t soud of t sa Do ou ws to catc a mps of God ook tt at cato
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THE WOD MADE FLESH
I the Gospel of Sat Joh we ead
Te o beme e,· e me o well mon rou m l n me o be no nle n e wou m All me o be l w lfe, n lfe e l of m Te l n on n e k n e n ue
steadl at te e It wo't be o befoe ou s te ht. Gaze at ths It w't be o befoe ou see the Wod.
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Te Wd beme e me d mg .
Ad so hos fa os o cha sh bak io wods Wods wods wods!
HE MN IL
n ancen Hndu ry
A shipwrecked merchat drifted to the shore of Clo, whe Vbhhaa was the Kg of the ost At the sght of hm Vbhshaa became ecstatc with joy ad said "Ah! He looks just lke my ama. Te same huma form! He th had rch cloth ad jels put o the mchat ad rshp him
he indu mysti Ramakshna ays, When I r heard this story I felt an indesribable delight If God an be wr shiped in image f la houd he not be wrshped people
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SEACHI I THE WO PLACE
nhbo found asddin on hands and knees "a ae you seachin fo ullah?" y k Boh en o on h knees o seah f a whie he nhb said ee did you ose i? hoe. G Lo why ae yo seahin he?"
"Beae i' bh he
Sarch for God whr ou ot h
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THE QUESTION id he mon k A the mountns nd rvers nd the erh nd st -he do th ome id the mter do your ques ome om
S wtn
E ES
ife i e heady we veyoe read the labe o the bottle Hardly ayoe tate the wie. Buddha nc hed p a o t hs dp and ked ch of th to ethng abt t
O pu a lt t a t at a abl Ea g to t t t a di
abel maker Maayap ml a a tg Oly ad t
If I could oly tat a bird a ower a tee a huma face! ut ala I have o tme! My eergy i pet decipheg the label
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TE FO
Te mstc as ba om the d ll th " G le But ho could he t e/ l ha he had enc n h heart? Can God be in r? He na gae th a ula nacrate nadequatn th hope ha me h mh be pd ce or h/ T sd un the ula T mde f a t T m on oth a hol bel l eat ns o sprd n re n Sme ga ther l r
ms sad If mht ha h had nohng
THE EXPLOE
Te eor ree o peope wo e e o know bou e A Bu ow ou e pu ino r e feein oo i w e w eo ow n er e noun of e for w e e e n of wi be or pe noe ov ou rpi? He i "Go n n for youre ie e r p of e river T un un e p T e i in eir own T e pi of i for eev An wo
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coire e e on e , f no ow i n w w n ow e we e r we n we e f
It s sad that Buddha obdat fusd to dawn into tg about God H was probab fa wth th dangs of dawg mas for acha pors
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THOMAS AQINAS STOPS WRITING
The tory o that Thoma Aqua, oe o the world ablet theoloa, uddey topp wt Whe hi ecrety complaied that h wor wa h, Thoma replied, "rother eld, ome moth go pereced ometh o the Abolute, o a have ever wtte about God eem to me ow to le trw How cod it be otherwe whe the ol becom a eer Wen the mysc came dn ( the monn he accted y th atht, who sad sarccay, "Wat dd you bng tht garn o delgh y e n? e mysc rled '1 had nton llng my srt th n d gng th to my on my re. t while I th e I beme so ntoted with the {gne o the ga that let g o the srt
The Z mater put it ucctly: "e oe who ow do ot y The oe who ay, doe ot ow"
TH SARTIN DRVISH
w n pe b r w peb w e b bk f i nek n e e pn o e i eunin wk He wa of w e un n e n e y nek bu e , in w in u o i bk i inue " i e o Y cn i e if y wi Bu qun e un f e wck ue by y n by e bck f yu nek i e youel My in l e t e u cn o y on feel w I feel
Whe he de s expeeced oes propey o hre cosderably reduced.
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ONE NOTE OF WDOM N e w beme f K fer lef e p prce He is e s K ws e s Jese sdy Zen in Cin He dd n l l He medied sduly pple fund im nd ked im prec, e sy few w nd cpe n f e fes e e ld n be dubed O e Jpn e p ed f im nd cmmnded im pec c Kku s sil nd elpless T e puled u ue e fl f be ply s ne n bwed pundly he ep nd deed
oucu ay Not tach rp pro wat o pro Tach ot rp pro wat o word
WHAT ARE YOU SAYNG Te mase impins s wisdom in e ea o is discipes, not n te pages o a book The dscpe migh cay tis wisdom o iy o oty yeas, idden in is ea, unl e meets someone eady to eceve it Suc was te tradition o Zen
T Z r Munn fr i iip Sju n y n i 1 n n now Sju n i i y w wi i in. Here bk n own fr erin I v yf n i yu w vub H i w yu in I v y y ur
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")u ha bett keep th b k ourse "sa hou rece our wthout the hep of wrt rs an Iam qute cont to e that wa· ' kno , I know "sa unan pat "v the boo k has sse gerato an ma be hep o ou too ere, ke t wth ou "
e happe to be ta kng near the race e nstant the boo k touche hou han he ung t no the re e ha no ust for r wor uan, who kown be an befor shoute ")u must ! at are ou ong" hou shoute bac k ")u are craz oursf! at are ou sang?"
The u speas wth authot of wha he hef has expeeced He quotes o boos
IL N I RIN
Te d once wen fo a wak wh a end Tey saw a man ahead of h soop down and pk up somehng om he ound. a dd ha man nd? asked he d "A pece of ruh, sad he de Dn' ha dsurb you asked he d No sad he d 1 sha e hm make a beef ou of
A relious belef is a sipost poinng the way to tth hen you clng to the siost you are prevented rom movng towa the truth ause yo tnk you have it alreay
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NASRDDIN IS DAD
Nddin in philphicl philphicl me me f f mind mind Li Life nd nd dehwh cn y wh h e? H e wh busy n he ch herd him him nd sid, sid, u m e like like ue unpcc Anyne cn ell h wh mn re d nd nd c cld ded ded Nsuddin w imps by h e pccl wdm Oce wh u in he win win sw he fel h nds nd nd fee g numb 1 m be de dead ad he hugh hugh T cme rh rh hugh hugh W m m I d ding ing ng ng und f I m d? I shuld be lying dwn lie nl ce Wich w dd
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An ou o ur l l roup of l l nin nin i i by by roi bn o u w i o . Nun y o ou ou u foo ooll n you y ri r i r r ol n n r r Bu Bu kn b n n o o y fo o o no T r rl l n n y onlu onlu w w n o o o ono i oul wi i o rn i o for buril T n n o on n f w y t for orin in of of wy. wy. A ipu ipu o on on o wi ro l o Nrun pu up wi i for cou coul T up n n i i &cu o l l o i on yourr l you lf I ow ow o o o no p pk k u u I o rul on n I ur you i wil no in.
en eay lases wi a ily el eie ealiy is genealy e loe.
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N UR I
A Chr Ch rst sta a schoar who hed the Bbe Bbe to be teray true was ce ccosted by scetst who sd A cco ccordg g to the the Bbe the rth ws create createdd some some ve thousa thousadd yea ago But we hve dscoved boes that th at pot pot to f fe o rth rth m m o o yer yerss go " a came the the sw sw W W od cated rth ve thosad years go go he debt deb te ey y put those boes to t our fth d e f we woud bee hs ord rath tha sctc evdece
ther eence of rig belief leang to reality itorti i tortion on
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WHY OOD PEOPE DIE
e vllg preer vtng te e of n elderly proner nd ov cup of oee e nng ome of e qu on t rdm pung m "y do te Lord d dec eve o oft?d te old mn el d te pec ome m ople become o c ked tey ve o e rved nd o te g d Lord lo te comg oepdc But objected rd, t y o o my d people g e t te d? e good o re ummoed for e expled te p e Lord gve oul fr tl
h is nohg ha h i bive ao n x panaon or
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THE MASTE DOES NOT KNOW
kr pprochd th dcipl nd kd rpcly ht th mnng of humn lif dcipl conultd th r k of hi t nd condnty rplid umn lf i nothng but th rion of od' xubnc W th k ddrd th mtr hilf ith th m qution th mt id 1do not kno
h skr ss, 11 do not know. ht tks honst h str ss, do not know." ht tks mstcs nd tht knows things through nonknowng h dscipl ss know" ht tk ignornc in th fo of boow knowdg
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OOK INO HIS EYES
7e commande of the occupation troops said to the mayor o the mountain village We know you are hiding a taitor nless y give him up to we shall harass you and your people by means in our powe. 7e vilage was indeed hiding a man who seed good and innocent and was loved by all But what could the mayor do now that the weare of the vlage was at sake? Days of dssions in the Village Council led to no concluion S the mayor naly o the ma up with the priest Piest and mayor spt a whole night searhing the scriptur and nay came up with a e that said 1 is bee ha one man die to save the naton. ' S the mayor handed ov the innoct man whose seams echoed through the ilage he was totred and ut to death. w years lat a pophet came to that viae wt ight up to the mayor and said 'H could you have done this? 7at man was st by God to be the savior o this coun And ou handed him ov to be tortured and illed"
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u he dd Ig ngpeded he myr e pes nd Il ked he scpues nd dd h hey cmmnded here yu n g, sd he prphe u l ked he scpues u shuld he s l ked n h ey "
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WHA FROM GYPIA OM hanl f whea, husan ears l, wa fn n he mb f ne f he ngs f anc Ep mne plane he an an he am f al he gans came lfe
en a peson s enlhtened hs o he wods eoe le seeds full of lfe and enegy nd they a ean seed fo fo centures untl they e sown a eeptve fele heat
I used to thnk the wods of sptue wee dead d dy know now that they ae full of enery ad lfe u was y heat tha was stony ad dead, so how ould y ow thee?
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AMEND THE SCPTUES
eone ad to Buddha, e thn you eah ae not to be found n tue T ut th n th ad Buddha Aft an ebaaed ae the an wt on to ay, May I be o bod to uet that oe of the thng you eah auay contadt the ctu T the u need amdng, ad Buddha
popoal wa made a he ned Naion ha he cpue of evey elon be eved everyhng in hem ha lead o inoleance o cruely hould be deleed eveyhing ha damage he diy of human being hould be de oyed When wa found ha he auho of he popoal wa Jeu Ch epoe hed o h eidence Hi explanaion wa imple "e cpure ike he abbah, fo hum beng he ad "No hma beg fo cipue
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TH PROFSSIONAS
y eous lfe as b ake ove by pofsoas To le o pay eed a spua deco; o diove fo me cosul a expe dsceme; o udesad e Bble I cos a scpue scola; o ko f ave sinne o o eed e oa eoloa; ad o ave my is fove eel befoe e pe
nae kng n h Suh a Islan was ng a baue n honor of a sngushe h W he me came o prae he gu Hs Maes rane se on oor whle a ofessnal , ge he occasn loge he vs f he nerc, he gu speak Hz Maes gl hm back Dn san up, he sa '1 hae gage an oraor for o n our n we lea publc speakng o amars
I ode, ould God appae bae oe aa eu y relaop
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THE EXPETS
u tle:
A ded n suddly ce life nd begn pund n he lid f he cn Te id s ed; he n s up W e yu ding he sd he ssbled 1 n ded s w e e wih sil dbelie nly ne f he u sid d h he dcs nd he p hve ced h yu e ded. ded yu e And he duly buied
TE SOUP OF TE SOUP OF TE DUK
elae once came o asin bngng a uck as a g o he bir was cooke an ea. n one gu af anoher began o call, each claiming e a f he en f he man wh bugh u he uck Each one of coue epece e fe an house on he srengh of ha haple bi. lgh he mullah cul san i n longer Oe a a sranger arre a hs house an sa / am a f he of he knsman h brough ou he uck. n, like he oh he sa wn epecng e fe.
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Nasuddn plad a bow of seamng a before hm. a h ked he ange
is ad he mullah, s he soup of he soup of he duck ha as bough o me by you end.
n har o pop ho bo h dp o h d pl o h dpl o oon ho had xprnd h n o an yo hrogh a ngr?
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THE ONSTE IN THE IVE
Te vllage rie wa race in hs ras b chilren laing use h wnw ge f h he hue Te a errble mn wn a he rive Hur h an wll see hm beahing re hrugh his nri. n he whle vage ha hea f hs mnsus aain an wa shng he v. he rie saw h he ne he s he an h wa he rv, which w fu mile a he hugh 1 rue I nve he r can n ell
A goo wa o beee n he gos we hae reae s o conce oher of heir exence
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THE POISONE AOW
monk once a o he L uha o he ul of he ue h Characercall, uha gae hm no rl u he monk pe Each a he woul rea he queon an each a he ul ge lce f an anw, ll he coul ake no long He hreae o qu unl h cal quon wa an for o wha pue wa he acng ehng o l n he monae f he oul of he he wh her boe
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en he L Buha, n hs mpan spke: }u ae like a man, he sad wh was ying m a psned ar His eiv she a hs se, bu he man sed hae he ar plled u nl hee a qus we answd Fs he man wh sh hm, ws he a whe man a back man? Secn, was he a man a sh man And hid was he a Brahmn an e? e mnk saye n!
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HE Y SOPS CYIN
He clamed that fo al pactical puposes he had become an atheit. f he eay thought fo hef he would not believe the things hi eion taught he existence of God ceated moe pobem tan it soved life afte death wa a piece of wihfu thnking the sciptues and tadtion had done as much ham a good A of these things wee in vented to often the oneines and the despai of human ife t wa bet to let him be He was going though a stage of owth and discovey
Te maste e ked by hs dspe Wat s the Buddha? He ed Te mnd s the Buddha Anoth day he was asked the same quton and he reled, o mnd. No Buddha Te dsple sed But the oth day you said Te min is the Buddha "
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d e ma, a wa p e baby yng W e baby p ng, I ay, mnd Bdda.
bab n ad stoppd g and a no ad or t trt So as bst lt alon
t n tat pang nond ats to ot o nt ppard or t, on ad to b " as a t n popl dod t sn t prsnt ag n a t snt ag and popl alzd tat t sn as not a god t not vn lng tng. Fnall a t stal ag and Sant Fran o As old all t n brot and pa to t n vntal lov "Yo at a tat o a gtnd ld. No tt o av bo als o av no nd o t. Hopll o ll ov on to bo a st sod nd o ll nd o at agan Fat s t arlss sa o tt So t s not lost n on qstons ons bls.
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Nruddin earne his liing elling es. Someone came o his shop one day and said, "Guess what I hae in my hand. Gi me a clue said Nruddin shall gi you seal It has the shape of an e the size of an e. I loo like an e tast lke an e and smells like an e. Inside i is yelow and whie. It is liquid before i cooked bcomes thick wh heaed It was moreoer laid by a hen " "Aha! I kow! said Nasddin. t some sort of cake!
T xpr ss obvos T f ps sss Msa
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U K - RAI
A prophet once came to a city to convert i inhabitants At rt the people lited to hi ermon but th gadualy drifted away till there wa not a inge oul to hear the prophet when he poke. One day a tave aid to him, hy do you go on preaching id the prophet "n the benning hoped to change thee people. f tll hout i i only to prvent them om changng me ·
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RIVER WER R LE
Te ma eon a ay cne of one gmatc ence a wry mle e a All I y e ank f e rver llng rv wae
s so bs bg te er t led to see te rver.
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A mh cud nt ge h n t me hme befre unet S he d hm that the rad t ther hue wa
haunted by ght wh came ut a du By the me the by up he s aad f gh tha he reed t run an at nght S he ave hm a meda and taught hm that ud prtect hm
reigin gies him fth the e rein gets him t see tht hsts nt exist
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SRDD I I
uah Nasddin ent to hina Te h gathed a goup of disiples hom h paing fo enlightment. A oon as they beam enlighted th disiples stopped aending hi tu!
t s no rdt to o tat o st at hs t orvr
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HE GURU'S
W he on o hp ech en the hrm c o e n he y n ct the rhpe S he orere tht he c b e dun n rhp Af he r he c contnue o be e urn n orhp An hen the c expre nother c brouht to the hrm o ht t cou be uy e rn enn rhp enr t ee ree ee rn by the r chory p on the urc nnce of up c he orhp performe
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LIURGIL V
tobr 1917 T Rssan Rvoton s bo Han hs tor tas a n drton
Te stoy goes that that very month the Russian Chuch was assembled in council A pasonate debate was in pogs about the color of the surplice to be used n litcal nctons Some nisted vehemtly that i had to be white Othe with equal vehemence, that i had o be purple
Cong to grps t a rvoton s or o a botr tan organzng a trg d ratr sa prars tan gt n vovd n ngbrood dspts
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A man ho took grea pride in hi lan fond himelf ih a large crop of dandelion He tied y method he kn to e rid of them Still th plaged him nally he rote he Deparen of icltre. He enmerated al the thing he had ied and cloe hi le ith he qetion "Wat hall I do no In de core the rly came e yo lea to love them oo ad a an pdd sl on and oo as pad dandons a o v ans n po o larnn o lov as no as a
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I began by talking t them each day Crdial riendly. They maintaied a sullen silence They were smating frm the war had waged agast them d were suspicius f my mtives But it wasnt lng befre they smed back d relaed Sn we were gd friends My lawn f curse was ed But hw attractive y garden became
He was becming blind by derees He fuht i with ee eans is pwer. en edcine n lnger seed t ght it he fught it wt his emins It tk curage t say t him " suggest yu lea t le yur blindness. t was a stgle. H e refused t have anything t d with it in the benning. And wen he eentually bruht himself t speak t his blindness his wrds were bitter But he kept n speaking and the wrds slwly changed int wrds f resignatin and tlerance and acceptance . and ne day vey much t his wn supse they became wrds f fiendliness and lve. Then came the day when he was able t put his a arund his blindness and say " lve yu. That was the day I saw hi sile again His visin f curse was lst frever But hw attractive his face becae!
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DON CHANE
wa a neuoc fo yea. I wa aou and deed and el Eeone k elng me o cange ened e and ageed w and I waned o cange bu ly couldn , no mae ow ad ed W u e mo wa a, lke e oe my be d ke nng a I cange S fel wle and aed T, one day, e ad o me, "n cange I lo�e you ju a you ae.
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Tose words we music to my ears on ' chane Don chane. Don chane I oe you you are I relaxed. I came alive. And suddly I chaned! Now I now tha / couldn really chane until I ound someone who would love me whether I chaned or not
s this hw yu lve me, Gd
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M RIE
alik sn f na was mch pse ab he pigae behai f a yh wh lived nex d hi F a lng me he k n acn hping ha sene else wld inene. B hen he yh behavi became inlable alik w him and insised ha he change h ways e yh calmly eplied ha he a pg f he slan and s nbdy cd p him m living he ay he waned. Said ali / shall penally cmplain he slan. " Said he yh "a will be qie seless becase he slan will ne change hs mnd ab me " ' shall hen dnce y Alah " said alik "Allah " said he yh "is fa fvng cnden e "
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Malik went away defeated. But afte a while the youth reputation became bad that th was a public outcy about it. Malik dcided it was his du to atpt to reprimand him As he was walking to the youth house how he heard a oice say to him " not touch my iend He is under my protection. " Malik was hrown ino consion by this and when he was in the prece of the youth did not know what o say. Said the young man "Wa hae you come for now id Malik "/ came to reprimand you But on my way hee a oice old me not to touch you for you are unde his proection " Te proigate seed stunned. d he call me his id he asked. But by th Malik had already left his house. ars later Malik me his man in Mecca. He had been so ouched by the words of he ice that he had gi up his posssions and become a wanding bear / hae come here in search of my Friend he said to Malik and died
Gd the fiend f a sinne! A stateent as dangeus as it is eective ted it n ysef nce said, "Gd is fa t fgving t cndemn e And suddeny head the Gd News-f the st tie in y ife.
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The b mste Jll din R wd enjy tellg the fllwig sty: One day Mohammed as oerng mong pray at the mosque. Among the rod of people prayng th the Prophet as an Arab asprant Mohammed began to read the oran and reted the verse n hh Pharaoh makes the lam am your rue God On hearng ths the good asprant as so lled th spontaneous anger tha he broke the slene and shouted e boasl son of a bth Te Prophet sad nothng, but af pray as ovr the othrs began o sold the Arab ' e you not ashamed of yourself ur pray surely dspleasng to God beause not only dd you ntpt the holy sle of pray but you ued lthy langage n the pese of God Prophet. " Te poor Arab trembled th fear untl Gabrel appeared to the Prophet and sad God sends greetngs to you and shes you to get these people to sop soldng that smple Arab; ndeed, hs spontaneous profan mved my heart more than the holy pray of the others
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W R R YU R R Wen the bshop shp stopped at a ote sland fo a day, he detmned to use the tme as protably as possble He stolled along the seashoe and came across the shm mendng the nets. n pdgn Englsh they elaned to hm that centues befoe th had been hstanzed by mssonaes "e hstans they sad, poudly pontng to one anoth. Te bshop as mpsed Dd they kno the Lod Paye? T had n head of . Te bshop as shocked. Wat do you say, th, hen you pay? "e lft eyes n hea e pay, 'e ae thee you ae thee, hae me on us Te bshop as appaled at the pme, the donght hetical natue of the paye. So he spent the hole day teachng th the Lod Paye. Te shmen ee o lea, but they gae t all th had and befoe the bshop saled aay next day he had the satsfaction of heang th go though the hole foula thout a fault. Months lat the bshop shp happed to pass by those san agan and the bhop as he pacd the deck sayng hs ng payes, ecalled th pleasue the thee m on that dstant sland ho e n able to pay, than to hs patent eo Wle he as lt n the thought he happed to lk up and notced a spot of lght n the east Te lght kt appoachng the shp and, as the bshop gazed n onder he sa thee gues alkng on the ater Te captan stopped the boat and one leaned o the als to see ths sght. hen hey ee th peakng dstance, the bshop ecogned
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s tee te m "Bsop t clad ea y boa! go pas! slad ad come uy u meet y( "at s t you wat ed te awe-stc bsop "Bsop t sad we so, so so e foget /0ey pay e say u Fat eav oly be you ame, you gdom come te we foge. Please ell pay aga Te bop fel umbled. "Go ba to you om my ds e sad, ad eac me you pay say e ae tee y a tee ave o us
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GU
s sto tt s vot o t S st S o S
A ctain in of in was lht that his wf was prgant H arntly sir a al chl. H pray to Go casssly an a ows with ths in in. t so happ that hs wif gi birth to a boy. My n roc an nit th whol ilag to a thaning par. ars latr on y rturn o Mcca pass through y in illag was tol that h was in ail. Wy? hat has h on? ask His nighbors sa is son gt runk kill a an an ran away. hs fathr has bn arrst an put in pson
To sk Go psstntl o t nt s lbn plos
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T Hindu sag Naada sad ou on a imag o h pl of h Lod Vishnu. nigh h soppd a a villag and was vn hospiali in h hu of a childlss coupl. Bfo h s ou h nx moing h man said o Naada "}u a going o woship Vishnu Ask him o giv m and my wif a child. " Wn Naada achd h pl h said o h Lod "Ta man and his wif w vy Jnd m. B mil o h and v hm a child. Lod plid wih an ai of nali I is no in h diny of ha man o hav childn " So Naada pfomd his dvoions and wn back hom Fi yas la h s ou on h sam pilgimag and soppd a h sam ilag and was n hospialiy onc again by h sam coupl. is im h w wo lil childn playing a h anc of h hu. "Wos child a h askd Naada in " said h man
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Naaa was intge Te man wt on Soon aft yo left s e yeas ago a sannyasi came to o ilage e pt him p fo the night. Te net mong foe atng he lse my wife an me . an the ae the its of hs sing W Naaa hea this he col not wait to ge the tple of Vishn agan W he got the he shote ght om the ance of the tple "Di yo not el me that i was not in the estny of that man to hae chil? He has o W the Lo hea this he laghe alo an sai at mst e the oing of a saint Saints hae the pow to change esny
As hey discvered at a weddng feast when the mther f esus gt p t wrk a mracle befre his destiny allwed it.
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ESI I A OSSE OI
T pn nl Nobung ddd o k � hough h hd only on old o h y H w u h would wn bu h old w ll o doub O h wy bl h opd
Shno hn A pyng n h hn Nobung m ou nd d 1 hl now on I h hll wn. I hll lo ny wl now �l hl H h on I h T ld w g o gh h hy wp ou h my T nx dy n n d o Nobung No on n hng Dny Qu gh d Nobung hng hm doubld on h w hds on boh d
Wh make Dy
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RYIG R RI
When neutcs cme t yu f help they seldm seek t be heled, f helng s pful Wht they elly want s t be made cmftble n the neuses. O best f ll they ye f a macle that wll hel them panlessly
o man ea o is ate-inne pipe. e nigt is wie smelle someting ing an ote Fo eae s sake Pa e set yo wisks on e know i answee te o man angiy "an 't o see Im paying for ain"
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TH DISALED FOX
fae of he a myc Sa
A n wlking hgh h r w : h hd l i l nd ndd hw i lid T h w ig c in wih g in i uh T g hd i nd lf h r f h fr h f: T n: dy Gd fd h f by f h ig T n bgn wd Gd grn nd id hil 1 hl u r in c wih l in h Lrd nd h wil id wih l I nd H did h fr ny dy bu nhing hpn nd h w l dh dr whn h hrd y yu wh r in h ph f rr p yur h ruh llw h pl f h g nd p iii h dbld :
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On the steet I sw nk cld hugy nd shverng the cd I bece nd sd t Gd "Why d yu pemt ths? y dnt yu d smethng? whe Gd sd nthng Tht nght he repled qute suddeny cetny dd smethg. I mde yu
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THE G
God decded to s the earth so he se a age to suey he stuao pror to hs s e age retued wth hs report os of them ak food he sad, "ad mos of them ak empoymet " God d, e I sh/ become caate the form of food for the hug ad rk for he upoy
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THE FIVE MOKS
An ugt call cme to the eat am of the Noth om the ama of he Suth sking fo a we nd holy monk to initte the noices in the spiial life T eon nhmt the Gt am st mon instead of one T those who inquied he id paly "e wil be luc if one of th ge to the ama Te goup had b on the d some days wh msg came nning up to them and sa pit of ou il/age hs dd e need someone to take his place " Te il/ge seed comfotable sot of place and the pt sala w a hanome one Oe of the mon ed with toal conc fo th people 1 should not be a Buddht " he said "if I did not say on se the pople S he dopped out ome dys lat they haped to sy at the pace of a king who tk a fan to one of the mon "tay ith us " said the kng, "nd you sha ma my daught And when I die you will succeed to the thone " Te monk ws ed to the lt of kingship so he sid Wt be y to inuce the people of this kngdom thn to become ng I should not be a Buhist if I did not sei th oppouni se the intests of eligon. " S he dopped out t
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t of th gop wt on thr y and n nght n a hy gon ca upon a oltary ht that occpd by a pt r who od th hoptal and thankd od for havng t th on to h. H par had b urdrd by mountan bandt and th grl wa al alon and l of a t ong wh wa to la on of th mon ad hall ay wth th grl I hould not a Buddht f I dd not practc copaon T ranng naly ca to a Buddht vllag and found to tr horor !h all th vllag had abandon thr rgon and und th y of a Hndu thologan of th on ad "/ ow to th popl and to th Lord Bddha hlf t tay on h and wn th b to th fath fth onk nally got to th Laa of th uth
have aay ppe ut f he bet·f rean t efm the g t change Chuch tctue, t upate the y f cpe, an t make thelgy elevant elgu acy my favrte ecape frm G
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THE J
En applian u unan a a simpl ing you bf bf o you a giin job you a appli fo . l lll a a plu plu Fu. En on applican
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're you eay for the est" s " e ell what is two plus two two Wa Wa ee the boss boss say sayss i is " e secon secon appli appliaa n t got the job job
Whih es st, thxy the tth?
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u phlosophe Diogen was eaig ead and lenils fo suppe. He was se y he philophe lophe A sppus, sppus, who li lived ved comf comfoa oaly ly y aeng he king. Sa id A isippus isippus If you you wou would ld lean o e susevien o he kng ou would no have o live on enls. Sad Diogene Diogenes s Lea o lie lie on lenls and you wll no have o culvae he ng
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S U U
en Kscev ponounced s faous denuncaio of Saln soeoe i e ongess Hal epoed o ave sad "Wee wee ou oade Kuscev w a ese inocen people wee beg saugeed Kscev paused looked aoud e a ad sad ll e a wo said a kindl sad up son ouned n e all No one oved e Kusce sad "el woev ou ae ou ave ou aswe ow. I was eac e sae poso e as ou ae ow
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E RU
I coul aly belie my ey w I saw e name of e sop HE H SHOP. e saleswoman w vy polie Wa pe of tu i I w pucase paial o wole e wole tu of couse. No ecepion fo me no efses, no aionalaions I wane my tu plain an unaulae Se wave me on o ano sie of e soe e salesman ee poine o e pce ag "e pice is vy g si e sai. Wa s i? I aske emine o ge e wole tu no ma wa i c "u secui si " e answee I came away wi a eavy ea I sill nee e safe of my unquesone beliefs.
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ARRW A
Go wae he people of an eahquake ha woul swallow ll he waes of he lan Te was ha woul ake hei plae woul make eveyone insane. ly he pophe ook Go seiously. He aie hue us of wa o his mounain ave so ha he ha enouh o las him l he ay he ie. Sue enouh he eahquake ame an he was vanishe an new wae lle he seams an lakes an ivs an pons A few monhs lae he pophe ame own o see wha ha happe Eveyone ha inee one ma an aake him, fo hey hough i was he who was insane So he pophe w bak o his mounain ave la fo he wae he ha save. Bu as ime wen by he foun his loneliness unbeaable. He yeane fo human ompany, so he wen own o he plains aain Aain he was eee by he people, fo he was so unlike hem
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e pophet th uumed He thr away the at he had aved dank the new wa and joined the people in th inani
The way t truth s naw. Yu always wa ne
TE PHONY
hall as akd, osy h ldly m. I as som sor of go of h saks as drssd ohg mor ha a urba d a loloh. H sok, flgly, of h or of md ov ma Evo lsd sboud. T sakr uay rd o hs la rgh o of m Hs ghbor ud o hm ad askd a ld hs Vo you rally bl ha you sad, ha h body fls ohg a all ad all h md? T hoy rld, h ous ovo ours I do. T, sad h ghbor, ould you md hagg las h m? Im sg a draf. Why d I try t practice what I preach I I tck t preachig what I practice, I be le a phy.
RAM RA
It as nine o cock in the moing and Nasuddin as ast aseep Te sun had isen in the s, the bids e singng in the tees, and Nasddin s beakast as getng cod So his ie oke him up He oke up in a toeng age "Wy did you ake me up ust no he shouted e sun has is in the sky, said his ie, the bids ae singng in the tees and you beakast gettng cod Beakast be damned, he said ! as about to sign a ontat oth a miion ams o go ith that he osed hs eyes o eapue his shateed deam and hose miion gams o god
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Now Nasru was cheag ha conrac an hs busness paner was a yan f on recapurg hs eam, Nasn ges up hs chea g, g , he w become beco me a san sa n f he works srenuousy o free he ppe from he oppres son of he yran he wl become a freeom gher. f, n he ms of hs re, he suenly rees ha he s eamng he w become awakene. Enhene. a kn of san or freeom gher e you f you are s aseep?
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VERY WELL VERY WELL
A gr n he h h ng vl v llage bec became am e an a n u n wed wed moh mo heer an and a a severa severa beang beangss nal nalyy reaed who he fah ah of of he chld chld was: he Zn mas lvng on he ouskrs of he vlage Te vagers rooped no he mas house rudey durbed hs medao denounced hm as a hypocre hypocre and o odd hm h m o o keep eep he he baby A he maser sad was was Ve � we e pcked he baby up and made arrangeens for a woan om he vlage o feed and cohe and look afer a hs ese Te mas name was ned and hs dscpes al abandoned hm Wen hs had go gone ne on for for a year year he h e grl who had boe he chd coud sand no long an d nal na ly y confsed ha ha she had had led. led. Te fah ah of he chd was he boy nex door Te a age gerrs were mos cone con e Tey prosrRed prosrRed hemselves a he fee of he mRs o beg hs pRrdon and o o ask for he he chld back. back. Te maser maser reued reued A n d al al he sad was was Vy wel. wel. Vy well. well. he chd An
The awakened pern!
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SONS DEAD IN A DREAM
A hrmn nd hs wf wf hd n ft m mny y y of of m m g g T boy ws th prd nd joy of hs prt prtss Tn, on dy dy, h ud sously A fortun ws spnt on doors doors nd nd mdns. But th th boy boy dd dd s mohr ws uttly grf-skn Tr wsn wsn t r n hs fthr y n n h wf rpro rproh hd d hm hm for hs ot/ lk of sorow th hrmn sd Lt m tll you why I do not w. Last nht I drmd I ws kng nd th oud fth of ght sons ow hppy I ! T I wok up Now I m gtly pzld: ould I wp for hos boys or for th on
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GL GL
A man fond an eagle e and pt n the nest of a bacad h. e eagt hatched wth the bood of chic and gew p with them All h life the eagle did what the backyad chckens dd thinking he was a bacad chcken He scatched the eath fo woms and insects He clcked and cackled. And he wold thash his wngs and y a f feet into the a. as pased and the eagle gew ey old One day he saw a magncent bid fa aboe him in the clodless s t glded n gacel majes among the powel wind cts wth scaly a beat of its stong golden win e old eagle looked p n awe. "Wo s that" he asked a the eagle the king of he b " sad h nghbo. e belongs to the sky e belong to he eathwe 'e chckens " o the eagle lied and died a chicken fo h 's what he thoght he was
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UKLIG
T sant has o Tab ls h olong so abo hs
I have been consded a mst snce my chldhood. No one seemed to undestand me My own fathe once sad to me "u are not mad ough to be put n a madhouse and not wthdrawn enough to be put n a monastey I don now what to do wth you. epled duc e w once put under a hen. Wen the e hatched the duclng waled about wth the moth hen untl they came to a pond. Te duclng went staght nto the wae e hen stayed clucng anously on land. Now, dear father have waled nto the ocean and nd n my home u can hardly blame me f you choose to stay on the shore
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A ale fom Att of Nishapur:
Te lover knocked at the door of hs beloved. "Who noc? said the beloved om wthn "I l " said he lover Go away. Ts hoe will not hold you and me.
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Te eed lov wen wy ino e de. Te e medied o mons on end ondeng e wo o e elove. ny e eed nd noed e doo gn "Wo no '1 yo Te doo ws immediely oened
E LKVE LOVER
A lover prsed his sui unsuccslly for many monhs suring he arocious pains of recon nally his swehr yelded "Com o such and such a pla a such and such an hour she said o him. A ha me and plae he lover nally found himself seaed bside his blovd H hen rached ino his pocke and pulled ou a shaf of love leers ha he had wn o her oer he pas monhs. ey wer passionae eers ressing h pan he fl and his burning dsr o perien h dlighs of love and union. H bgan o read hem o his bloved e hours passd by bu sll he rad on and on. naly he woman said Wa kind of a fool ar you? se l are all abou me and your longng for me. ll hr am siing wh you a las and yo are los in your supid lers " "ee I a h ou sas God and ou keep eectng abo e n ou head takng abou e h ou tonge, and seahng o e n ou books hen ou shut up and see?
OPPIG I
Diciple I hve come to o you my sve Mat
f you dopped the "l evice uld automatically follow.
Yo co v al o oos to th poo a o bo to b b an not hav ov at a Kp o oos an abon th Don't b o bo; b th o Lov atomatca foo
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RP YUR NING
icipe have come o yo wih nohing i y hand Ma
T dop i a once
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T cay i aound wih yo
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E ZE R E RI
A Chistia oce isited a Ze ast ad said Ao e to ead yo soe setes fo the o o the ot.
sha iste to the ith ease said the ast. e Chista ead a f setc ad ooked . e aste sied ad said Wo said tho ods as ty eighteed is eased the Chistia. He ead o e aste itted ad aid ose o coe o a io o aid. e Chstia thed He cotied to ead to the ed e aste the said at seo as ooced by oeoe who as adiat ith diii
Te Chrtan oy no bond He lef detned to re and ade the t to beoe a Chtan.
O te way ack ome e od Jeu tadig y te roadide. "Lod, e d euiaticaly " got ta ma to coe at you ae die! Jeu mied ad aid, d wa goo did i do you excep to iate you Ciia ego
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COMFORT FOR THE DEV
An nt Crt n
W the n o God nal to the oss and ded, he t
straht dn to hell om t cs and et ee all the snn who e the n torment And the del wt and moud, he thouht he et no more nn hell God sad to hm, D not ep o I shall ed you all
those who ae selhteo n ther condnaton o snn And he shall be led up one more untl etu
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ETTE SLEE THAN SANDER
a f hiraz tes this str abt himef
W I a chld I a pou boy, f n pay and d Oe nght I ken keng g g gll wth wth my fath, the Holy Koan on my lap Eone ee n the m began lumb and n ound le, o I ad to my my ath, ' e of of the le le op h o a a h h head to ay ay h h pay pay u u ulld thn thnkk that tha t th e all dead y fath l led, ed, My bel(d bel(d on I would th you t e le lke th than landeng
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HE MONK AN HE WOMAN
wo Bddhst mon, thr way th nt, nd Rn xcdnly btl mRn R th rvbRn th sh wshd to t o rs th rv r v t t th R R too too h h h S on of th m lftd h onto hs a Rnd cRrrd h Rr Rr H fllo ll ow mon mo n w thor th oroohly hly Rndal Rndal or hors h brRd hm on h nlc n n th l: H h fortt h was R mon How dd h dr tch R mn nd rs, Rr h Rrs th rv t wold popl y Had h not broht thr holy rlon no dsrt nd on T odn mon patly lst to th ndn son nally h h b ro n wth Br B rothr othr droppd hR mRn at h rvr r yo s arn h
Te ab mytic Abu Haan Buana ay Te act of nnng i muc e afu tan te deie and tougt of it It i one tng fo te body to induge n a peauabe act fo a oment and an entiey deent ting fo te mind nd eart to cew on it endey Eac time I cew on te in of ote I upect te cew ing e me moe peaue tan te innng e te in ne
THE SPIRITUAL HEART ATTAC
Ue om d a ak heat d the do had wae him to v a. wh the my eed that he had ted a bion do a ded eat th feaed bk the ns to hm t the n e hm heat attak. So they souht the sei of the a sto, who ed th he oud nd a ay. " me, om said Fth Mphy f G n hs m w to sd you a bon doas hat wud yu do wth d i haf of t to you fo the huh Fath
Wen he head that Fath Mhy hd het attak
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Wen he nduss had a hea aa om pushng hs dusria empe was easy o show h hs eed ad shness When he pres had a hear aak from push ing he Kingdom of God i was iposse o show hm ha hs was eed ad seshness i noher more e speae dsguse s God's Kngdom you are pushing or yousef? he ngdom needs no pushg Your e rays you does no
TO NOW CHST A de ewn recen coner nd n unen frend:
y( have be cte Chrst Y Ten yo mt /ow a eat about him. me: Wat n w he
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1 don t . " Wat hs age wh ded 1 n t know. ow many ons dd he preah? " n t /w " )u cerainly /ow vy little for a man who clams to be conted to Chrst }u are rght. I am ashamed at lttle know abt hm. But ths much I do know ree years ago s a drunkard. was in debt. My family wa fallng to peces My e and hldr uld drd m retu hme each ng But n hae up drink; are ot of debt ors s now a hapy home A ths Chrst has done f me s muh /ow I h 1m e kw , o e rfred y wa one kw
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HE LOOK OF JESS
n t op Aordn o Lu rad:
B Pe ai, a I o o kow wa yo ae akig abo A a mome, we e wa i eakg a ok c; a e Lo e a ooke ag a Pe . . . a Pee w oie a we biey
ad a aly ood latonsp t t Lord. I oud as o tns onvrs t pras , tan . u alays ad ts unoortabl n tat antd to oo at h And ould no ould al ut oo aay n snsd as loon at as arad soud n an ausaon r o so un rpn sn tout sould nd dand r tr ould b sotn an ro
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One ay I ay sone up ouage a e! ee wa no saion ee wa no ema e eye jus ai I oe you n I wae ou a e ee I wep
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THE ODEN E
A reaing fr te criptre
Ts wha he Lrd ys Te n a gse ha �id a gden e each day And he fa wfe wh wned !he gse deghed in !he rhes ha !he e brgh her he was an ariis man, heer and d n! wai pay m day day fr h day e he deded h he ge nd ge he e a a ne
far the wr f !
An ahs herd h ex m he sripr and sed Y ha he wrd f d A gse h ays g es I g shw he bsrd f yr srres h a reis schar red h ex he eed hs Te Lrd eary e ha he s gse h ad gde es f he Lrd sys his he ms be re n mer h bsrd appers r pr hmn min
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ow you wll SK wll you my, 4n e whle not asng to an e an at the me tme be gold t shls of relgous thought at to lan t dtl But what s aled fo here s an at of fath n ths myste that baes human undtandng Tere w a reah who, red by that tet taveled though tow and vllag zelously urgng eole to at the fat that had eated gold es at some nt n hs
eer o eac peope e eis of aae a o promoe eief goden eggs
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OOD NEWS
H i h G w pd by o d Ju Chi
ju began to teah in arables e said Te ngdo of God lke broth ho we alled by God to gve u all they had and e huani Te old ronded to the all generously though he had to wrenh his heart o hs faily and the rl he loved and dreaed of arrying e evtually t o to a distant land whe he sent hielf in the sevie of the oort of the oor A seuton are in that ounty and he as arrted faely ased tortred and ut to death And the Lord said hi "ell done go and faithl svant }u gave e a thoand tal rth of svie sall n ve you a billion bllion tal rth of rar nt into the oy o your Lord
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Te young boy rne to the call less than go e decided to ignore it and go ahead and mar the grl he loed e oyed a ha marred life, his business rosed, and he became famo and rch casionally he would gie alms the or And when it was his tu to die, the ord said to him, "el done good and faithl sean u hae gien me en talents ' worth of sice I shall now e you a billion, billion talts rth of reward Ent ino the oy of your rd Te older boy was surrised wh he heard tht his broth as to get the same reward as he And he s leased e said, "Lord, knowing this as I do if I w to be bo and lie my life again I would stll do exactly wht did for you
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JONEYED AND HE BABE
Te holy ma joned wt to Mecca bear clothg Te h aw a barb havg a obla he aked the barber to have hm the barb mmedately left the wealthy ma ad haved oed A he took o mo om hm e actaly gave oed ome alm o wa o toched that he decded he old g to the barber what he got alm that day I haned that a weathy lgm came to o ad gave hm a bag of gold con oeyed wt to th barber ho that g ad oered the gold to the barb Te barb yeled at hm at kd of a holy ma are yo that o ce to rard me f a a of love •
A fanasy Te devee yells a e rd "Wa nd f a Gd are y a y dare reward my devins" Te rd replies wi a sme " am ve S w an er rewards"
Wen y seek a recmpense yr f beme a brbe
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THE PHAISEE
Wen G lked n h nd fund tht one the he sn t �d t / e t hs tce dd he not cr ut h threts S yone smmned h thrne nd the ngel ked t red the Cmmndm Te t cmndmt w nnunced d G A wh h brk ths cmmndmt wll nw betke thse t he/ And t s dne Te sme w done wth ech f the cmndm By the me the ngel cme t red the th n e w left n he t reclesmug nd selfclct G lked u nd tgh Oly one lt n heen Tt mk it lnme S he shuted ut Come bck, e W the ec he tht yone s rg he yeld n ge, Ts s unust y ddn t yu tell me ths Qe
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HE OL WOMAN'S RELIION
relgousminded old mn dsstsed with ll eisng relions so she found one of her own
Oe dy rert, who guinely wnt to undtnd h int of view, sid to h " you relly belie, eole sy you do, tht no oe will go to heven ext you nd your housemid' Te old mn ondd the queson nd then relied, "el m not so sure of M ·
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LOVES FOETFLNESS
Wy do y( k lking about my at mitak? id the huband 1 th(ght you had rgv and forgot · '
1 have, n, rg and forgot, " ad t wife "But I want to ke ure y d t rget that I have forg and forgotten in
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at in? )u have to rod my mory I forgot th ong ago
Love keeps no recod of ong (I Co. 13)
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HE LOUS
he wne hs sces o wer sec gb h wou show he wor he consecron He ce vng tness
As I passed by he pond I sa a los n ll bloom and sad 'o lovely you ae my dea And ho beautil must be he G ho caed you e los blushed he as the lovelie fo being so unconscious of h beau
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HE E
T Emror of China st ambaado a hmit liPing in th north montai T w to inPi him to bcom rim minist of th �ngdom Aft man das of ra th ambsadors arrPd T hmitag s m Bt narb in th middl of a rP a halfnakd man satd on a rock hing with a lin Cold this b th man th or thoght highl of? niri at th Pillag rod it . S th rt to th rink and rctll th cold atd to arct th han s aton T hit dd throgh th rP and std bor th msgs barft a akimbo at is i o nt ord sir H Ma th Emor of China haPing hard of or wisdom and or holins ha st with ths gft. H inPi o to at th ost f m minist of th ralm im minist of th ralm? Y rstd sir M? s rctd sir s His Mas ot of hs mind? said th hit h roard ith nontoabl laght to th disomr of th amasaors 126
he able ol hi the hi i 'll - if tha mn the 1in altr o th chal se rk who sh ente ith rKlng m? 1 , rble sir
"A if that once the h ehol f t he t th iamrt rtk? .
"NO fe th rfk he ing h il in the muc D thin th liffk lw u chn wth the rk in the lce? N he nt " g f the
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BAYAZID BREAKS E RLE
Byazid, M sint ud mtims dibaty aginst th ouard forms nd rtuas of Ism. I onc hppd tht hs way back om Mca h stoppd t th Pin town of Ry 7 townsfok who rd him hd to mak him wom and atd a grat sir in th town Byazid who w ird of this duaion itd ti h rachd th mrkac 7 h bought a oaf of brd and bgan munh it in of his fo ws a dy of fasing in th month of Ramdan but Bayazid judgd tht his ou y ustd th braing of th rigio w Not so his foows 7 wr so scandaid at hs bhvi that thy prompty ft him nd wt hom Bayazid conttdy rmrkd to discip Notic how th momt I did somthing contr to thir xpcttion thir ration of m nshd
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STEAY PEOPE
A preacher pt ths qton o a cls of chilre f all the g people e whie an all the ba people wee black, what color ul you be ittle Mary ane replie "R I stea
So wou the precher. So wou the mhtms, popes sts
A an was looing for a g hurch o ate an he happe to ter one in which the congregaon an the preacher e reaing o thr prayer bk T we sayng e hae le unone the thin whch oght o hae one an we hae one those thin which we ought not to hae ne. Te an roppe ino a seat an sighe with relief as he sai to hise Tank gooness Je foun y cr at t. "
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S TO TE DEF
o be tone ea l e peope an p an go trg a n o rat. ca ncng I ar -nt one ay I ear te m!
I fil to understd why sint&d loveave te way they do So I' witng fo y heart to coe alive.
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CES
d m gong K had ad oy g o ch ife � edy ih , fo ha each oth eday ye / ha
THE CONTENTED FSHEN
Te ich inusais/ m the Nrth he n the uth han lying lazily bie h ba/, smng a ie "Wy ar yu hing sai the inusialt "Becae I ha caught ugh sh fr the ay, sai the hman "Wy n yu cah me mre "Wat ul I th i "Yu cul ea me mn was the rly ith tha yu cul hae a mtr e t yur at an g in e wa an cah mre
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Tn yo wol ak nogh o by nylon ns. Ts l bring yo o h an or ony Son yo l ha ogh on o own boas . ayb m a of boas T yo l b a ich an lik "Wa l o h Tn yo col ally oy lif · Wa o yo hink a oing igh now
Whch wou yo rather hae a forte or a caacty for enjoyment?
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THE SEVEN AS OF OLD
bab aing und a aund wn ad a i ay ou you lik o av ja of gold" H lk aound d aw no on Bu i gd wa aod, oud agly, " I ainly uld. " ' go om a on " aid i "}u wll nd " bab an all y om Su oug w jall ll of gold x fo on a wa only alf ll N bab ou no/ ba oug of aving a alf-lld ja H fl a viol ug o l i o imly would no/ b ay. ad all jl of i family md in oin and oud ino alflld ja Bu ja aind a alf-ld a bfo T xaaing H avd and kimd and ad ilf and i family o no aail. No ma ow mu gold u in ja i aind alfd on day bd king o ina alay Hi ala ubld. gain g ja on H k o bing T ja dud y go oin own no i bu ain bboly alf-l
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Te kng n noced how a he bab looked Wa wong wh ( he aked we ha and coned wh o la mall Now i h be dobled and o ae o and deced an ha o hae he ja of go wh o Te bab aonhe, Wo old o h, Maj he ak. Te kng laghed. B he a obiol mo of he on o whom he gh h he ja e once od h o me W I aked f h mon cold o mel o b hoaded he anhed wh( a d Ta mon canno be I onl bng h he comlon hoad. Go and g bck o he gh h mne and ( ll ha agan.
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A AAE ON OEN FE
am m asbly a bgn to cpla that hum w always akg thn ay o th ak my ml t c T ak my s h h T ak my h o co sa th hog hunt m my ol sa th whal Fnly th snl spok h somthng thy u rtnly tk way om m th coul mtng thy wnt mor tan anythng I h VM
ou ha h m h or f ou ou v t o oursf Wha's tog ou
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HAFEZ HAYYM
I he as cuy a ut the aes e he fa sh abb Hafez Hayy He astshe see hat he abb s he was y a e r e h b e y ue as a tabe a a bech Rabb hee y ue? aske he u We s yus ' ee Hafe. Me Bu y a v h
a l sa he a.
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THE SY AND THE CROW
A te rom the Bhagavata Pana:
A co once ino the ith a piece of eat in beak en co et out in purut of i an attacke i iciouy e co nay et the piece of ea rop It puu then eft i aone an hiein aft the oe. ai the co e ot the ea an aine thi peace
Sa a Ze mo hen m ue bue own g an unobuce vew f he mn a ngh!
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WHO AN SEAL HE MOON!
Z ast ykan l a sil l in a ittl hut at th t th untain O night wh th ast was away a thi brk in th hut ly t ds that th ws nthing t sta ykan rtud and aught th burglar u ha ut yursl t uh tubl t h said u ut nt g away -handd Pls tak y lth and blankt as a g thi Ut bildrd tok th lths and slunk Rykan sat dwn nakd and thd th n Pr fllw h thught t hsl / wsh I uld h h grg nlight
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HE DIAMOND
Te y ee te okt of te vge e ow ee fo te gt w vg e g to 'e e! Te e Gve e te eo toe! "Wt toe" ke te y "Lt gt te Lo Sv pee o e e " te vg o e tt f I wt to te otkt of te vge t k I o y wo wo give e peo toe tt wo ke e c fo e y ge bg pe ot toe He pobby met t oe e e e te toe ( to te vge fo t o foet pt oe y go c cty ve t
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mn g th tn in wn s i pbbly th lgt mn in th whl wl i lg pn h tk th mn n wlk wy A night h ts but in b unbl t sl Nt y th k wn k th snnyi n i Gi m th wth that mk i sibl yu g th imn wy ily
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AY FO A ONTENTED MND
Lor Vhnu sa to hs t: '1 a a of our onstant ptito I ha to ou an thr thin ou k or !ha I shall g ou nohing or lighl a hs rs pton a onc H ask that hs f shoul !ha h coul ar a tr an H tiion ial grant Bu h is an rlas gah or h nal an gan rcall al h go quali of his i th raliz h ha has H no raliz h ha lin o all h irus h likl o n anothr oan as g as h
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S he k the L t bin h bck ife Tt eft him with just ne petitin e etemine nt t make a mstake th time u ha n chance cec it e cnsute wie. Sme f h e him t sk f immti But f what w immi si th if he i nt hve heah? An f wht e heath if he h n mne An f wht use s mne if he h n en?
as sse an he cu nt mke up hs min what t sk ife heath ath ve. na he si t the L "Pe vse n what t ask f Te L uhe wh he saw the man peicment an si 'sk t cntt n ma wht u et.
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HE WORL FAIR OF RELIGIONS
M fed d we o he f H RLD FAR OF RLGON No t f he copeto w e he popgd od A he h we e gv hdo h d h God w copoe d h we h Cho Peope e No oh peope we choe he A he Mo ed h God w -{ d Moh h o Pophe. vto co o g o God Pophe A he Chi we dcoved h God ove d he o vo ode he Chch o he Chch o i e do he w o ed ed "W do o h o God He eped He bgoed ftc d e
B om I to "Ho o you put up t ts o tg Lor Dot you s thy v v you m or tus? o s It st I ho org th f I t I too sm to vst t
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A ur y to i �u g e prou of your I w peiy imp i te um of ure i i. Surely e pple e mut e te or. e, rl te i guie, /ey my lo e or u tey ure ell e ot
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CHNGE HE WORL CHNGIG ME
The Su Byzd sys hs ou hmse
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THE EFECT AE
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Can one exe o see ee ale w n ee eye O dee goodness n ohes wen ones own e el sh
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THE SAVE
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HE COCON
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E ER VCE FLL E LL
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What does t ean t o God7 One does not love h the way one loves the pple one ss nd hears ad tuches fr God s not a pn n o sense of the word He s the Unnown He s the wholy Other He s above tes le he and sh pn and thi When we say an adence lls the hall ad a sners voce ls te hal we se the sae word to efer to two totally dstnct realtes. Whe we say we lve God wth our whole heart a we love our fred wth o whole heart we also use the sae ords o epress two totally dstct reales The sngers voce does not realy the hall nd we cannot really lo God n the usual sense of the word To love God wth one's whole heat eans to say a hole hearted Yes to lfe and all that lfe bns wth t o accept whout reservatons all that God has oraned for ones lfe To have the atttue that Jesus had when he ot y wll but yors be one. o love God wth ones whole heart s to ae ones own the wors ae faos b Dag Haarsl
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