Enlight Knowledge is expensive The farmer's tractor stopped working. All attempts by the peasant and his neighbors to repair the car were in vain. Finally he called a specialist. He examined the tractor, tried how the starter worke... Oriental Parables Parables Enlight
Enlight Supreme Craftsmanship One day, a European student came to the old Teacher of Chinese martial arts and asked: “Teacher, I am the champion of my country in boxing and French wrestling, what else could you teach me?” The old ... Oriental Parables Parables Enlight
Enlight Eastern fairy tale Once upon a time there lived in an Indian kingdom-state an old monarch who spent his whole life deciding for himself one purely Eastern question: what is the essence of power? And he finally decided t... Oriental Parables Parables Enlight
Enlight Eastern parable There lived a young scientist in the city of Khorasan. He wanted to marry the beautiful Rabiga, and went to woo her. He came and said: “Oh, Rabiga!” I came to ask for your hand. Will you accept me? An... Oriental Parables Parables Enlight
Enlight Taste of water One pilgrim walked thousands of steps to meet the Teacher and finally appeared before him, asking him to share his highest wisdom. “Then take a sip from this stream and describe to me the taste of the... Oriental Parables Parables Enlight
Enlight Wind, water and truth Once upon a time, the wind and water were truly three friends. And one day, truth and water asked the wind: “Tell me, friend, you are very fast and roam all over the world very quickly, tell me, when ... Oriental Parables Parables Enlight
Enlight Butterflies and fire (Persian parable) Three butterflies, flying up to a burning candle, began to talk about the nature of fire. One, flying up to the flame, returned and said: “The fire is shining.” Another flew closer and scorched the wi... Oriental Parables Parables Enlight
Enlight It can't be expressed in words While preaching on Mount Gridharakuta, Buddha twirled a flower in his fingers, showing it to his listeners. Everyone was silent. Only Maha-Kashyapa tried unsuccessfully to remain dispassionate and smi... Buddhist Parables Parables Enlight
Enlight Death and That Which Doesn't Die A woman came to Buddha: her child had died. She screamed and cried. She was barren and could no longer have children, and her only child died - all her love and care. What did Buddha do? Buddha told h... Buddhist Parables Parables Enlight
Enlight Holy truth In Benares, the Buddha begins to teach the Holy Truth about the middle path and about suffering: “There are two extremes that one who leads a spiritual lifestyle must avoid. What are these extremes? O... Buddhist Parables Parables Enlight
Enlight Sugar cane One day, two people planted sugar cane at the same time and agreed: the one who grows good cane will receive a reward, and the one who grows bad cane will be punished. Then one of those who agreed tho... Buddhist Parables Parables Enlight
Enlight Stop! Buddha heard that a man had appeared in the forest and was killing people because society had treated him poorly. He vowed to kill a hundred people. His name was Angulimal, which meant “man who cuts o... Buddhist Parables Parables Enlight
