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Dear All,
I thought these were good reading. No offense meant against anybody.
Adiyen,
Dasan,
Ramanujam


>From: "Sunil Thatta" <sunney75@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: sunder_apex@xxxxxxxxx, acharyatvsr@xxxxxxxxxxx, vtatta@xxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: nice read
>Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:15:15 -0400
>
>This is pretty good. Where did yuo get it? Excellent man!
>
>
>>From: sunder <sunder_apex@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: acharyatvsr@xxxxxxxxxxx, sunney75@xxxxxxxxxxx, vtatta@xxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: nice read
>>Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:40:19 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>
>>
>>The Turtles
>>
>>
>>A turtle family decided to go on a picnic. Turtles,
>>being naturally slow about things, took seven years to
>>prepare for their outing. Finally the turtle family
>>left home looking for a suitable place for their
>>outing. During the second year of their journey they
>>found a place ideal for them at last! For about six
>>months they cleaned up the area, unpacked the picnic
>>basket, and completed the arrangements. Then they
>>discovered they had forgotten the salt. A picnic
>>without salt would be a disaster, they all agreed.
>>
>>
>>
>>After a lengthy discussion, the youngest turtle was
>>chosen to retrieve the salt from home. Although he was
>>the fastest of the slow moving turtles, the little
>>turtle whined, cried, and wobbled in his shell. He
>>agreed to go on one condition: that no one would eat
>>until he returned. The family consented and the little
>>turtle left.
>>
>>
>>
>>Three years passed and the little turtle had not
>>returned. Five years... six years... then on the
>>seventh year of his absence, the oldest turtle could
>>no longer contain his hunger.
>>
>>
>>
>>He announced that he was going to eat and begun to
>>unwrap a sandwich. At that point the little turtle
>>suddenly popped out from behind a tree shouting,
>>
>>
>>
>>"SEE! I knew you wouldn't wait. Now I am not going to
>>get the salt."
>>
>>
>>
>>[Some of us waste our time waiting for people to live
>>up to our expectations. We are so concerned about what
>>others are doing that we don't do anything ourselves.]
>>
>>
>>
>>------xxxxx------
>>
>>The Pretty Lady
>>
>>
>>Once upon a time a big monk and a little monk were
>>travelling together. They  came to the bank of a river
>>and found the bridge was damaged. They had to wade
>>across the river. There was a pretty lady who was
>>stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn't cross the
>>river. The big monk offered to carry the pretty lady
>>across the river on his back. The lady accepted. The
>>little monk was shocked by the move of the big monk.
>>"How can big disciple brother carry a lady when we are
>>supposed to avoid all intimacy with females?" thought
>>the little monk. But he kept quiet.
>>
>>
>>
>>The big monk carried the lady across the river and the
>>small monk followed unhappily. When they crossed the
>>river, the big monk let the lady down and they parted
>>ways with her. All along the way for several miles,
>>the little monk was very unhappy with the act of the
>>big monk. He was making up all kinds of accusations
>>about the big monk in his head. This got him madder
>>and madder. But he still kept quiet. And the big monk
>>had no inclination to explain his situation.
>>
>>
>>
>>Finally, at a rest point many hours later, the little
>>monk could not stand it any further, he burst out
>>angrily at the big monk. "How can you claim yourself a
>>devout monk, when you seize the first opportunity to
>>touch a female, especially when she is very pretty?
>>All your teachings to me make you a big hypocrite."
>>
>>
>>
>>The big monk looked surprised and said, "I had put
>>down the pretty lady at the river bank many hours ago,
>>how come you are still carrying her along?"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>[This very old Chinese zen story reflects the thinking
>>of many people today. We encounter many unpleasant
>>things in our life, they irritate us and they make us
>>angry. Sometimes, they cause us a lot of hurt,
>>sometimes they cause us to be bitter or jealous. But
>>like the little monk, we are not willing to let them
>>go away. We keep on carrying the baggage of the
>>"pretty lady" with us. We let them keep on coming back
>>to hurt us, make us angry, make us bitter and cause us
>>a lot of agony. Why? Simply because we are not willing
>>to put down or let go of the baggage of the "pretty
>>lady". We should let go of the pretty lady immediately
>>after crossing the river, immediately after the
>>unpleasant event is over. This will immediately remove
>>all our agonies. There is no need to be further hurt
>>by the unpleasant event after it is over. It is just
>>that simple.]
>>
>>
>>
>>------xxxxx------
>>
>>
>>The Frogs
>>
>>
>>
>>A farmer came into town and asked the owner of a
>>restaurant if he could use a million frog legs. The
>>restaurant owner was shocked and asked the man where
>>he could get so many frog legs! The farmer replied,
>>"There is a pond near my house that is full of frogs
>>millions of them. They all croak all night long and
>>they are about to make me crazy!" So the restaurant
>>owner and the farmer made an agreement that the farmer
>>would deliver frogs to the restaurant, five hundred at
>>a time for the next several weeks. The first week, the
>>farmer returned to the restaurant looking rather
>>sheepish, with two scrawny little frogs.
>>
>>
>>
>>The restaurant owner said, "Well... where are all the
>>frogs?" The farmer said, "I was mistaken. There were
>>only these two frogs in the pond. But they sure were
>>making a lot of noise!"
>>
>>
>>
>>[Next time you hear somebody criticizing or making fun
>>of you, remember, it's probably just a couple of noisy
>>frogs. Also remember that problems always seem bigger
>>in the dark. Have you ever laid in your bed at night
>>worrying about things which seem almost overwhelming
>>like a million frogs croaking? Chances are pretty good
>>that when the morning comes, and you take a closer
>>look, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.]
>>
>>
>>
>>Courage Doesnt always roar. Sometimes it is the feeble
>>voice at the end of the day that says "I will try
>>again tomorrow"
>>
>>
>>Life's not measured by the number of breaths u take
>>,but by the moments that take ur breath away...
>>
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