Cuộc sống xem như chấm dứt vào ngày mà chúng ta bắt đầu im lặng trước những điều đáng nói. (Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. )Martin Luther King Jr.
Nụ cười biểu lộ niềm vui, và niềm vui là dấu hiệu tồn tại tích cực của cuộc sống.Tủ sách Rộng Mở Tâm Hồn
Các sinh vật đang sống trên địa cầu này, dù là người hay vật, là để cống hiến theo cách riêng của mình, cho cái đẹp và sự thịnh vượng của thế giới.Đức Đạt-lai Lạt-ma XIV
Hầu hết mọi người đều cho rằng sự thông minh tạo nên một nhà khoa học lớn. Nhưng họ đã lầm, chính nhân cách mới làm nên điều đó. (Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.)Albert Einstein
Yếu tố của thành công là cho dù đi từ thất bại này sang thất bại khác vẫn không đánh mất sự nhiệt tình. (Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.)Winston Churchill
Khi gặp chướng ngại ta có thể thay đổi phương cách để đạt mục tiêu nhưng đừng thay đổi quyết tâm đạt đến mục tiêu ấy. (When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal, you do not change your decision to get there. )Zig Ziglar
Sự thành công thật đơn giản. Hãy thực hiện những điều đúng đắn theo phương cách đúng đắn và vào đúng thời điểm thích hợp. (Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.)Arnold H. Glasow
Khởi đầu của mọi thành tựu chính là khát vọng. (The starting point of all achievement is desire.)Napoleon Hill
Hãy nhớ rằng hạnh phúc nhất không phải là những người có được nhiều hơn, mà chính là những người cho đi nhiều hơn. (Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.)H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Yêu thương và từ bi là thiết yếu chứ không phải những điều xa xỉ. Không có những phẩm tính này thì nhân loại không thể nào tồn tại. (Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.)Đức Đạt-lai Lạt-ma XIV
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- The Buddha's Apprentice at Bedtime
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- Introduction
- Bella and the Magic Soup
- The Magic Moonlight Tree
- The New Girl
- Ester and Lucky
- The Shiny Red Train
- »» The Sheep Stealers
- Aloka and the Band of Robbers
- The Monkey Thieves
- Angelica and King Frederick
- The Beautiful White Horse
- Danan and the Serpent
- The Spirit of the Tree
- Egbert and the Fisherman
- Amrita and the Elephants
- The Lion and the Boar
- Tim and Grandpa Joe
- The Desert Willow
- Antonio and His Treasure
- Meditation Instructions
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Relax, close your eyes and imagine that you live on a sheep farm in the Scottish highlands. This story is about two young brothers, Hamish and Dougal Woolly. One day their father had an accident and the two boys had to grow up fast. Listen carefully to their story.
“Oooops!” cried Mr Woolly. Hamish and Dougal rushed out to the farmyard to find their father on the ground, clutching his ankle. “I slipped off the ladder,” he explained. “And now I can’t stand up!”
The boys carried their father indoors. “You boys are going to have to take the sheep to market,” said Mr Woolly. “Use the ferry to cross the river. The forest is too dangerous.”
“But Father, that’ll take twice the time!” protested Hamish. “I'm not frightened of the forest.”
“Well, you should be! There are thieves and dangerous animals and I won’t be there to protect you. I want you to go by the river and no argument about it,” said Mr Woolly.
The boys rounded up the sheep and set out the next morning. When they reached the river there was no ferry to be seen. The boys waited and waited but no-one came.
“Lets go through the forest, said Hamish. “It’s much less effort.”
“But Father said it wasn’t safe,” said Dougal.
“Father worries too much,” replied Hamish.
In the end Hamish stormed off to the forest, taking half the sheep with him. “See you at the market!” he called.
Dougal sat with the remaining sheep wondering how to cross the river. “Perhaps I could make some stepping stones,” he thought, but the rocks he threw into the water sank out of sight. Then he built a raft but that sank, too.
“Those ideas didn't work, but I’ll keep trying,” he said. He toiled all day, but with no success. When it got dark he went to sleep, trusting the answer would be clearer in the morning.
By contrast, Hamish had a lazy day leading his sheep through the forest. When night fell, he lay down to sleep under a tree, full of confidence. “I’ll show Dougal,” he said.
In the forest, a gang of sheep rustlers led by Fingers the wolf had followed Hamish’s progress all day. In the dead of night Fingers, and his two mean-looking foxes, spirited away the sheep to their den. “We’ll get a fine price for these sheep,” Fingers said.
Down by the river, the morning sun woke Dougal. “Got it!” he suddenly exclaimed. He climbed up to a tall tree and began chopping at its base with his axe. The tree fell right across the river forming a bridge for the sheep to cross.
In the forest Hamish woke to find all his sheep had gone. He searched and searched, but could find no trace of them. “I’ve let everyone down,” he thought sadly as he began his long, lonely walk home. “And we badly needed the money.”
Two days later Dougal arrived at the market and sold his sheep for a handsome profit. When he arrived home, his parents and Hamish were waiting to welcome him. Hamish looked so forlorn his father gave him a hug. “The most important thing is that we’re all safe and together again, but I hope you’ve learned a lesson,” said Mr Woolly to Hamish. “There are no shortcuts. Success takes hard work.”
The easiest solution to a problem isn’t always the best one — it can take a lot of effort and hard thinking to reach your goals. Help yourself by following advice from more experienced people.
“Oooops!” cried Mr Woolly. Hamish and Dougal rushed out to the farmyard to find their father on the ground, clutching his ankle. “I slipped off the ladder,” he explained. “And now I can’t stand up!”
The boys carried their father indoors. “You boys are going to have to take the sheep to market,” said Mr Woolly. “Use the ferry to cross the river. The forest is too dangerous.”
“But Father, that’ll take twice the time!” protested Hamish. “I'm not frightened of the forest.”
“Well, you should be! There are thieves and dangerous animals and I won’t be there to protect you. I want you to go by the river and no argument about it,” said Mr Woolly.
The boys rounded up the sheep and set out the next morning. When they reached the river there was no ferry to be seen. The boys waited and waited but no-one came.
“Lets go through the forest, said Hamish. “It’s much less effort.”
“But Father said it wasn’t safe,” said Dougal.
“Father worries too much,” replied Hamish.
In the end Hamish stormed off to the forest, taking half the sheep with him. “See you at the market!” he called.
Dougal sat with the remaining sheep wondering how to cross the river. “Perhaps I could make some stepping stones,” he thought, but the rocks he threw into the water sank out of sight. Then he built a raft but that sank, too.
“Those ideas didn't work, but I’ll keep trying,” he said. He toiled all day, but with no success. When it got dark he went to sleep, trusting the answer would be clearer in the morning.
By contrast, Hamish had a lazy day leading his sheep through the forest. When night fell, he lay down to sleep under a tree, full of confidence. “I’ll show Dougal,” he said.
In the forest, a gang of sheep rustlers led by Fingers the wolf had followed Hamish’s progress all day. In the dead of night Fingers, and his two mean-looking foxes, spirited away the sheep to their den. “We’ll get a fine price for these sheep,” Fingers said.
Down by the river, the morning sun woke Dougal. “Got it!” he suddenly exclaimed. He climbed up to a tall tree and began chopping at its base with his axe. The tree fell right across the river forming a bridge for the sheep to cross.
In the forest Hamish woke to find all his sheep had gone. He searched and searched, but could find no trace of them. “I’ve let everyone down,” he thought sadly as he began his long, lonely walk home. “And we badly needed the money.”
Two days later Dougal arrived at the market and sold his sheep for a handsome profit. When he arrived home, his parents and Hamish were waiting to welcome him. Hamish looked so forlorn his father gave him a hug. “The most important thing is that we’re all safe and together again, but I hope you’ve learned a lesson,” said Mr Woolly to Hamish. “There are no shortcuts. Success takes hard work.”
The easiest solution to a problem isn’t always the best one — it can take a lot of effort and hard thinking to reach your goals. Help yourself by following advice from more experienced people.
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