• Waiting for one’s meal

    A certain man walked into a hotel and after going through the menu, ordered some food. After about 20 minutes, a group of guys walked in and ordered for their food too.…

  • The empty boat

    A monk decides to meditate alone, away from his monastery. He takes his boat out to the middle of the lake, moors it there, closes his eyes and begins his meditation. After…

  • From Uddhava Gita

    Why did Lord Krishna not save the Pandavas when they played dice with Duryodhana & Shakuni? A wonderful explanation by Krishna himself: From his childhood, Uddhava had been with Krishna, charioting him…

  • Who insults you?

    When Abraham Lincoln became the President of America, his father was a shoemaker.  And, naturally, egoistic people were very much offended that a shoemaker’s son should become the President.   On the first…

  • The expert

    Ever heard the story of a giant ship engine that failed? The ship’s owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine. Then…

  • Only the truth

    A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign that said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a…

  • Ritual cat

    Once, when a spiritual teacher and his disciples began their evening meditation, a cat who lived in the monastery made such noise that it distracted them. So the teacher ordered that the…

  • Safety glass

    Edouard Benedictus, a French scientist, was working in his laboratory. The year was 1903. Benedictus climbed a ladder to fetch reagents from a shelf and inadvertently knocked a glass flask to the…

  • What we want to hear

    Two old acquaintances, who hadn’t seen each other for years, were walking down the street together, renewing old times. “Just a minute,” said one, “I think I hear something,” and turning a…