13-10-09 Once upon a time, there was a high class rich man. As he became older, he realized that the suffering of oldage was about the same for rich and poor alike. So he gave up his wealth and class position, and went into the forest to live as a poor monk....

13-08-29 There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didn't have the communications or airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India on foot. He had never been to India before; perhaps he came from Pe...

13-08-29 Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with...

13-08-08 There was once a rich man, who had a servant who served him diligently and honestly: He was every morning the first out of bed, and the last to go to rest at night; and, whenever there was a difficult job to be done, which nobody cared to undertake,...

13-06-25 How fortunate is the master, and how well all goes in his house, when he has a wise servant who listens to his orders and does not obey them, but prefers following his own wisdom. A clever John of this kind was once sent out by his master to seek a...

13-05-22 Today I will be master of my emotions. The tides advance; the tides recede. Winter goes and summer comes. summer wanes and the cold increases. The sun rises; the sun sets. The moon is full; the moon is black. The birds arrive; the birds depart. Flow...

13-04-25 Master Pfriem was a short, thin, but lively man, who never rested a moment. His face, of which his turned-up nose was the only prominent feature, was marked with small-pox and pale as death, his hair was gray and shaggy, his eyes small, but they gla...

12-09-11 Now, there was a very young and beautiful wife, who became sick and nearly died. She was on her death bed and told her husband, I love you very much, and I don't want to leave you. Please, after I die, don't marry another person. You promise me! Oka...

12-04-26 The Master said, to learn and at due times to repeat what one has learned, is that not after all a pleasure? That friends should come to one from afar（从远处） , is this not after all delightful? To remain unsoured even though one's merits（优点）...

11-07-15 Master Dongguo, a pedantic（迂腐的） teacher and follower of Mohism, was ready to help anyone in distress, whosoever he might be and regardless of the circumstances. One day on a journey through the Zhongshan Mountain, he came across a wounded wolf...