The Inspiration of The Coffee Bean

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make...

WhatsApp Story: An Inspirational Success Story

Jan Koum, an immigrant from Ukraine, was so poor as a teenager that he used to save his old Soviet notebooks for school and queued with his ...

Destiny in Our Own Hand

Once upon a time, there was a general who was leading his army into battle against an enemy ten times the size of his own. Along the way to...

The Viewpoint of Pessimism and Optimism

Long time ago, when China was split into many small countries, there was a merchant who lived in Song, a country in northern China. He took ...

Buddha and a Pile of Shit

Zen Master, Fo Yin was especially intimate with Su Dongpo, a distinguished and mischievous poet. Their friendship had grown so deep that the...

The Eight Winds Cannot Move Him, but One Fart Blows Him Across the River

Su Dongpo (蘇東坡) was an avid student of Buddhist teachings and a distinguished and mischievous poet. He was quick-witted and humorous; as a Z...

Ajahn Brahm's Inspiring Wisdom: All Is Well

People often ask, "How can you say all is well if I am sick or I do not have any money or my sweetheart leaves me ?" All is well ...

Walking on Water

Once a monk approached the Buddha and stated that he had been meditating for over 30 years. The Buddha asked, "What have you learned ?...

A Story of a Poor Sparrow

When the dry season has just started, a sparrow feel his body heat. And he swore to his hostile environment, then he decided to leave the pl...