Freedom parrot 呼喊自由的鹦鹉 A man, a great man, a fighter for freedom was traveling in the mountains. He stayed in a caravans① for the night. He was amazed that in the caravans there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage, continually rep...
Theres a man who has been by himself in a prison cell with a dirt floor, crude stone walls, and theres two windows one of which looks out towards the ocean. All of the sudden, he hears a scratching noise, and he looks down at the ground that is furth...
A man comes to a master to ask how much man is independent, free. Is he totally free, or is there a limitation? Is there something like fate, kismet, destiny, God who makes a limitation beyond which you cannot be free? The master said, Stand up. The...
Once there was a thief and he was looking for things to steal in a temple where the Priest was giving a religious speech on the topic of truthfulness to many people. The thief was completely lost in the true feeling of truthfulness. When the program...
My hearts in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My hearts in the Highlands a-chasing the deer, A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe①, My hearts in the Highlands wherever I go. Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birthp...
There was a tavern①, located somewhere in the State of Apathy②, where knights and damsels, wizards and monks, could all eat and drink together and escape the evil outside, which was depressing and bewildering, to say the least. No one had the des...
Liberty is order. Liberty is strength. Look around the world, and admire, as you must, the instructive spectacle. You will see that liberty not only is power and order, but that it is power and order predominant① and invincible② that it derides a...
When we talk about self improvement, we often talk about mastery of success. But if success comes at a high emotional① toll②, it can often turn into a failure. In our life we usually either live in the future, always thinking of things to come, o...
Once there was a young man who came to ask Socrates how to learn philosophy①. Socrates said nothing but took him along to a river. He suddenly pushed him into the river forcibly②. At first the young man thought Socrates was kidding so he didnt ta...
A boy found an eagles egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chickens do scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering①...
The heart of a mouse A mouse was in constant distress bescause of its fear of the cat. A magician took pity on it and turned it into a cat. But then it became afraid of the dog, so the magician turned it into a dog. Then it began to fear the panther,...
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided since the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to r...
This is a story of the lake and the three big fish that were in it, one of them intelligent, another half-intelligent, and the third, stupid. Some fisherman came to the edge of the lake with their nets. The three fish saw them. The intelligent fish d...
Covering the sun with one's hand A disciple went to a master. I shall not continue with my studies of sacred texts. he said. I live in a small house with my brothers and parents and never have the ideal conditions for concentrating on that which is i...
There is no better school than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve my performance next time. Never again will I contribute to my downfall by refusing to face the truth and lea...
