When a beloved pet begins to slow down, the tenderness of love can suddenly feel braided with uncertainty. You may find yourself watching every small change, trying to stay calm while your heart is already bracing. In moments like this, it helps to have a clear, compassionate map of what a natural transition can look…
At another time, The Bodhisattva came to the earth as a hermit. He lived in a leaf hut on a mountain and went every day to the village to seek alms. A monkey would enter the hermit’s hut when he would be away and eat all the food and make all sorts of mischief. One…
A long time back, The Bodhisattva was once born as a very pious boy named Saput. He was a very devoted son and took good care of his old parents. Now Saput’s parents had aged and all their teeth had fallen off. So it was very difficult for them to chew their food. Unable to…
The Bodhisattva was once born as a young quail who lived with his family in a well protected grass nest. Every morning his parents would go out to fetch food leaving him behind with his brothers. They returned with eatables like figs, worms, grass seeds and the like. His brothers age whatever their parents brought…
In one of his earlier lives, the Bodhisattva was born as a forest lizard. A wicked ascetic built a hut of leaves in the forest where the lizard lived and started living there himself. One day, the lizard crawled into the hut of the ascetic and seeing him meditating, paid his respects to him. From…
Once there lived two very close friends – a lion and a tiger. They had been friends since they were cubs and did not know that they were different from each other. They lived happily in a forest, which was also inhabited by a wise and gentle hermit. One day, the tiger and the tiger…
In one of his many lives the Bodhisattva was born as Sakka, the King of Gods. Some demons once attacked the celestial kingdom with a huge army. Sakka boarded his golden chariot that was drawn by a thousand horses and marched ahead to fight the enemy. But the demons tolled heavy on the gods. Seeing…
I have always told an ancient Tibetan story…. A young man was very much interested in the esoteric, in the mysterious. He found a saint who was known to have many secrets, but it was very difficult to get any secret from him. The young man said, “I will see. I will devote my whole…
Once, the Bodhisattva was the wise leader of a herd of stags. He had a nephew named Rahula, who was put under his care to learn the tricks of survival in the forest. Rahula was very obedient and followed his uncle’s instructions. One day, while the other deer were grazing in the forest, Rahula felt…
Once upon a time the Bodhisattva was born as Uposatha, the king of the Chaddanta elephants who were considered to have the highest rank among elephants. The majestic elephant was known for his handsome white body, red face and feet and six shining tusks. He lived deep inside a forest along with his two wives…
