Buddhist Philosophy

There was a woman living near the city of Savatthi. She kept a hen and broke it’s egg up every time it laid. The hen was very angry and as a result she was reborn as a cat and the woman was reborn as a hen in the same house. The cat ate the hen’s eggs up. In their next existence, the hen became a leopard and the cat became a deer. The leopard ate up the deer as well as it’s offspring. In this way for several existences, their anger and argument continued.
At the time of the Buddha one of them was reborn as a woman and the other as an ogress. One day, the woman was walking back from her parent's house to her own house near Sāvatthi. Her young son and her husband were also with her. While they were resting near a pond, by the roadside, the husband went to have a bathe in the pond. The woman saw the ogress who was disguised as a human and recognized her as her old enemy. As soon as she saw her, she took her child and tried to run in to the temple of the Buddha near by.
The ogress who was in hot pursuit of the woman was prohibited from entering the monastery and the woman put her child at the feet of the Buddha. The Buddha who knew the situation summoned the ogress and admonished both of them for their long bitter feud. “Unless you two had come to me today, your enmity would have continued endlessly. Enmity can not end by enmity. It will only be ended by loving-kindness. Thinking on the admonition both of them realised the uselessness of their hatred. Both admitted their mistakes and agreed not to continue with their senseless feud.
Reference book= Dhammapada
Rewritten by Thawmamoonstars

There was an excellent carpenter. He worked hard all his life. All the buildings that he had constructed were beautiful, good quality and satisfied their owners. He also made the most of his job. Not only the building's owners but also his boss liked his craftsmanship. That’s why he was known as a craftsman to many people.

As he was getting older, he became bored and didn’t want to build any more buildings. He wanted to retire and lead a new different peaceful life. So he went to his boss to tell him that he would stop doing his job.

However, his boss requested him not to stop and wanted him to show his ability more.

The boss also didn’t want to lose his business because it had become a big one because of his employee's craftsmanship.

Firmly he rejected his boss's request.

His boss made a final request to him. That was to build one more house but he must use his best ability and the best quality of tools that would be provided by his boss. After that he could stop his job.

Unwillingly agreed to his boss's requested, and he tried to build the house but he was not in the right mood to build that house. He became bored, and disinterested while he was building it. So he built it as quickly as he could. He didn’t do it to his best ability. The house was finished in an easy way. So the house was not beautiful and good even though he used the best quality of material.

After it was finished, his boss came to see and checked things such as the windows and doors. He closed the door and locked it with the keys. Then he gave the keys to the man and said. “This is my final and best gift for you”

The man was shock!

The moral of this story is that one’s life is like that of a house that is being built by it's owner.

One is building one's own life not others. If we build a beautiful one, we can lead a beautiful life but most people are boring and uninteresting while they are building their own life and forget or ignore their future. So, they could not live a beautiful life.

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Retold by Thawmamoonstars.

A long time ago there was a young prince living in his father’s great kingdom. He took gold and a lot of money from his father and spent them for his happiness. His father gave him whatever he asked for such as trips to places wherever he wanted to go, whatever he wanted etc. finally his father let him be a young king.
One day after he had been educated, he thought to himself “I've got everything that I wanted to get but I still want more and more. The more I get the more I want. Unsatisfactorily one thing I don’t get yet is happiness, what happiness is and where happiness is?”
After thinking like that he started to find happiness. He went to many great men and rich men and asked about happiness. He asked them a lot of questions but wasn't satisfied with their answers because they also wanted the things that they like more and more, like him.
Finally he met with a poor man who was living alone in a peaceful forest and asked him whether he gained and found happiness by himself. The man answered “ I do find and gain happiness by myself because I am satisfied with what I am, where I am and who I am.”
Briefly speaking he said "Because I don't want more than I have" After hearing the man’s answer, he realised what happiness is and found it. So he also became satisfied with his life and gained happiness.
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Education and Economy

There was a man working in a big church. His job is to clean the church. One day while he was sweeping the floor, the bishop asked him whether he could write and read. He replied that he had never gone to school in his life and doesn’t even know his A. B.C. Then the bishop told him that the church was being attended by classical scholars, the rich and the prudent and insisted that those who worked in that church must know how to write and read. Saying so, he dismissed him from his post. The man left the church sadly and walked slowly to his house. It was two miles distance from the church to his house. Suddenly he wanted to smoke while he was walking but there was no shop selling cigarettes. Because of that situation, he thought "It would be a good idea if I sold cigarettes in a place like this” So he bought some cigarettes the next day and sold them. He got many buyers for his cigarettes. A few months later he had saved more money and extended his shop. He could also open a store before long. He was improving day by day. The more he improved, the larger he extended his store. Within ten years his life had totally changed. He was then a rich man who owned a big company but when he signed anything for his company, he had to ask his wife to sign on his behalf. When the other rich men knew that he could not write even his name, they predicted his fortune “If you, Sir, could write and read, we are sure you would be richer than we are now.

(1) What would have happened if he could have be able to read and write?

(2) What would he have been if he could have been able to read and write?

(3) Would he have become rich if he had been able to read and write?

(4) What would his job have been if he had been able to read and write?

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Mental healing (A philosophy of psychology)

There was a man whose car was sunk by the mud beside a small road.

In such a condition, he was really looking forward for someone to help him. Fortunately, he got a horse to pull his car out while the horse was eating the grass in the farm which was not so far from him.

The horse was called “ Redy” and at first the man drove the horse by calling him “ Redy” you can make it, pull! Redy! Pull!

The horse pulled slowly with very little effort. So the car didn't move from the mud. He did this many times. But the condition remained the same.

Finally, he decided to change his strategy. He covered the horse’s eyes so that the horse could not see anything. He called the horse many names as if there were many horses pulling the car. He called “ Redy! Whity! Blacky etc. Pull! I know you all can make it. Pull! You all pull!” The horse pulled strongly with a great effort as he thought there were many horses pulling together with him.

The man successfully got the horse to pull his car from the mud.

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