Enlight burning house Gautama Buddha spoke about the aluba wheel to which we are chained, and taught us to renounce all desires and, thus getting rid of desires, enter into nothingness, which he called nirvana. One day his... Buddhist Parables Parables
Enlight Gifts for Buddha One day Buddha and his disciples passed by a village in which opponents of Buddhists lived. The villagers rushed out of their houses, surrounded the Buddha and the disciples, and began to insult them.... Buddhist Parables Parables
Enlight Supreme Sacrifice An important Brahmin approached the Buddha with a question about what characteristics the supreme sacrifice should have. And Buddha told the story of a powerful and happy king of bygone times, who, af... Buddhist Parables Parables
Enlight Buddha Seeker One pure man wanted to see the Buddha, keeping his attention on a wide variety of objects. His hands did not grasp wise images, and his eyes did not pierce the objects of veneration - the phenomenon d... Buddhist Parables Parables
Enlight Be a light to yourself Early in the morning Gautama Buddha said to his disciples: — More than enough has been done. This body has reached its fullness and needs rest. He looked around and saw two very beautiful and tall tre... Buddhist Parables Parables
Enlight Gautama and the fly In the life of the Buddha, when he was still a simple seeker, a remarkable incident occurred. Together with a fellow traveler, he passed through some village. Both were engaged in a lively conversatio... Buddhist Parables Parables
Enlight Strawberries A man was crossing a field where a tiger was sleeping. Having discovered the tiger, the man ran as fast as he could. The tiger is behind him. Running to the cliff, the man began to climb the slope, gr... Buddhist Parables Parables
Enlight Treasured star When Gautama Buddha became enlightened, it was a full moon night. All his worries and anxieties disappeared, as if they had never existed before, as if he had been sleeping and was now awakened. All t... Buddhist Parables Parables
Enlight True love One day, when the Buddha and his disciples were resting in the shady cool of the trees, a courtesan approached him. As soon as she saw the Divine face, shining with heavenly beauty, she fell in love w... Buddhist Parables Parables
Enlight Prodigal Son The son of one man went to a distant country, and while the father collected untold riches, the son became more and more poor. Then it happened that the son came to the country where his father lived ... Buddhist Parables Parables
Enlight Newspapers in the wind One morning a newspaper delivery man was driving along a mountain road in his wagon. Two monks were walking towards him. One of them was a master, and the second was his student. The student said: “Ma... Buddhist Parables Parables
Enlight Great Alchemy Buddha died of food poisoning. It happened like this. One poor man waited many days to invite him into his home. And then one early morning he came and stood next to the tree under which Buddha was sl... Buddhist Parables Parables
