The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver, and using her hands to feel the location of the seats, walked down the aisle and found the seat he’d told her was empty. Then she settled in,…
Discover how you can move beyond fear and grief with dance-like somatic movements. This past year our lives have been rocked to the core by all we’ve lost, the isolation we’ve endured, and the fear we’ve collectively experienced. Many of us have tried to keep ourselves busy, spinning our proverbial wheels, trying not to focus…
Do you ever find yourself getting into the same old arguments with family members or co-workers? Do you struggle for ways to clearly express how you’re feeling inside? What if you could learn to speak a language that would enable you to communicate with clarity and compassion in every situation? Such a language does exist:…
We’ve all had this kind of day—for whatever reason, you’re feeling “down.” You’re irritable, sad, distracted, or just plain grumpy. And then someone you come into contact with—a coworker, your partner, a stranger at the grocery store—seems to see through all of that. When this happens, it’s almost like they see past all of the…
The Bodhisattva came to the earth as a king in one life. He was an ugly man. However, he was a pious and able ruler. His subjects loved him and wanted him to get married. Though a little hesitant at first because of his ugly looks, the king finally agreed to get married. His wife…
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 a dream that a golden deer was preaching to her. Next morning, she begged her husband to bring her the deer. The king sent hunters all…
Once upon a time, the Bodhisattva was born as a scholar and mastered all the scriptures. He became an ascetic and had a number of disciples. One day, while the Bodhisattva was walking through the forest with his disciple Ajita, he saw a hungry tigress about to eat her own cubs. Deeply moved, the Bodhisattva…
A king was very much interested in a young man who always remained underneath a tree, sitting silently. Every night the king passed around the city in disguise to see whether everything was right or not. He always found that young man sitting like a statue, without any movement. Finally, he could not contain his…
Mulla Nasruddin and two other saints went for a pilgrimage to Mecca. They were passing through a village, it was the last phase of their journey. Their money was almost finished; just a little bit was left. They purchased a certain sweet called halva, but it was not enough for all the three and they…
Some people brought a woman to Jesus and said, “She has committed adultery. It is written in the ancient scriptures, that she should be stoned to death. What do you think?” Jesus was sitting on the bank of a river. He must have fallen deep in thought: “If I tell them to stone her to…
