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DECEPTION from navigate53 1235 days old

DECEPTION The Master set out on a journey with one of his disciples. At the outskirts of the village they ran into the governor, who, mistakenly ...

SILENCE from navigate53 1235 days old

   SILENCE The governor on his travels stepped in to pay homage to the Master. "Affairs of state leave me no time for lengthy dissertations", he ...

Product of Enlightenment from navigate53 1235 days old

   Product of Enlightenment "What kind of a person does Enlightenment produce"? The Master said: "To be public-spirited and belong to no party, to ...

RECKLESSNESS from navigate53 1235 days old

RECKLESSNESS The Master always insisted that we must learn by ourselves - teach ourselves - rather than depend on other people's authority. This ...

TEACHING from navigate53 1241 days old

TEACHING "I wish to learn. Will you teach me"? "I do not think that you know how to learn", said the Master. "Can you teach me how to learn"? "Can ...

SHOEMAKER from navigate53 1241 days old

SHOEMAKER A visitor who was full of expectations was unimpressed by the commonplace words the Master addressed to him. "I came here in quest of ...

PROJECTION from navigate53 1241 days old

PROJECTION "Why is everyone here so happy except me"? "Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere", said the Master. "Why ...

MELLOW MOOD from navigate53 1244 days old

   MELLOW MOOD The Master was in a mellow mood and the disciples were inquisitive. Did he ever feel depressed? they asked. He did. Wasn't it also ...

GROWTH from navigate53 1244 days old

GROWTH The Master always left you to grow at your own pace. He was never known to "push". He explained this with the following parable: "A man once ...

WISDOM from navigate53 1244 days old

WISDOM To the disciples who were always asking for words of wisdom the Master said, "Wisdom is not expressed in words. It reveals itself in action". But ...