Archive | October 4, 2006

Poem – Drink Your Tea

By on October 4, 2006 in buddhism, photos

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Drink Your Tea

by Thich Nhat Hahn

 

Drink your tea slowly and reverently,
as if it is the axis
on which the world earth revolves
– slowly, evenly, without
rushing toward the future;
Live the actual moment.
Only this moment is life.

 

 

Thich Nhat Hanh is a vietnamese Buddhist monk who has written many poems and teaches a form of engaged Buddhism.

 

Photo by: Bipin: Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries

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The Wish Fulfilling Tree

By on October 4, 2006 in sri-chinmoy, stories

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"A young aspirant was sitting at the foot of a tree in the summer heat. Fortunately or unfortunately, the tree he happened to be sitting under was the Kalpataru tree, the tree that fulfils all desires, but he did not know this.…"

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Read complete story: "The Wish Fulfilling Tree" from Gopal’s Eternal Brother And Other Stories for Children
by Sri Chinmoy

" So, as George Bernard Shaw said, "There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s desire, the other is to get it." In this story, the young aspirant got it!"

 

Photo by: Pavitrata: Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries

 

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