Tag: peace

“The less you respond to rude, critical, argumentative people, the more peaceful your life will become.”

Once Buddha was walking from town to town with his followers. This was in the initial days. They happened to pass a lake and Buddha told one of his disciples, “I am thirsty. Get  me some water from that lake.” The disciple walked up to the lake and noticed that …

After winning several archery contests, the young and rather boastful champion challenged a Zen master who was renowned for his skill as an archer. The young man demonstrated remarkable technical proficiency when he hit a distant bull’s eye on his first try, and then split that arrow with his second …

“Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room – others by leaving the room. Some individuals leave trails of gloom;others, trails of joy. Some leave trails of hate and bitterness;others, trails of love and harmony. Some leave trails of cynicism and …