‘Identification’ is so common a quality that for purposes of observation it is difficult to separate it from everything else. Man is always in a state of identification, only the object of identification changes. A man identifies with a small problem which confronts him and he...

One of the most powerful aspects of human is that human beings have the ability to generate invaluable ideas, visions and dreams. Ideas generation is a great human gift because we know that by it, inventions are developed for business, technology, communication and commerce. Perfection is the...

How oddly similar are gossip and worry. They are both the outcome of a restless mind. A restless mind must have a changing variety of expressions and actions, it must be occupied; it must have ever increasing sensations, passing interests, and gossip contains the elements of all these. Gossip...

A man had only one son. That son was on his deathbed. The physicians had given up saying they cannot do anything to save him. They said he will not survive. There was no cure for the disease. It was a matter of just one or two days, he was to die any moment. The father stayed awake all night...

Someone asked, “I’ve heard how the teachings say that ‘the great sea doesn’t harbor a corpse.’ What is the sea?” Master Caoshan said, “It includes the whole universe.” The questioner asked, “Then why doesn’t it harbor a corpse?” The master said, “It doesn’t let one...

Do you really want to be free, or is that just a phrase? “I may sound casual, but I would give a great deal to be rid of this fear…When I am interested in my work, or in a game, it is often absent; but like some monster it is ever waiting, and soon we are companions...