Parables!!! Thought Provoking Indeed

There was a monk. On his journey he had to sleep. He found a place under a tree.
After lying down he saw up. It was a giant tree but its fruits were small. He thought that it was stingy for the giant tree to bear such tiny fruit. The pumpkin and the tiny creeper came to his mind. Suddenly he woke up after falling asleep. A fruit had hit his cheeks. Now he realized, had it been a pumpkin he would not have been alive.


Sathish was a good cyclist. He enjoyed cycling. His uncle had a bike and Sathish’s cousin Senthil used to drive it. Sathish used to be jealous then. He demanded that he too be allowed to drive the bike. His uncle helped him. Sathish wanted quick results. So he took the bike when his uncle was not there. He sat on it and gave the throttle or acceleration. He was not able to balance and in fear he gave full throttle and smashed the bike on a gate a few buildings away. However people came to his rescue and helped him and he was safe. His bruises disappeared a few days after.

As a school child Sathish was taken to a blind school. He saw blind people not only happy but doing hard work. They were weaving carpets and he saw them read using poked cardboard ( Braille). He saw them singing and playing music. He was just a child and did not much realize the purpose of all that. Now that he is grown up and when events make him think about what he can do he remembers them. What could be the lesson he learns? There is joy and satisfaction only in work. As long as we work we satisfy a purpose. Our life is fruitfull.

This is the story of a king and emperor.

The kingdom was a hilly terrain. Rivers flowed and it was rich in flora and fauna. Medicinal herbs to cure almost all diseases were found. The king nurtured the art of medicine. The emperor who was a close friend of the king suddenly became ill. His courtiers could not find an immediate cure. So they sent forth messengers to all the kingdoms for a medicine. The king receives the messenger. He remembers how the emperor helped him tide over conquerors and famine. He immediately dispatches a medical team. The emperor is now cured. The emperor promises that as long as his empire flourishes, so will the kingdom flourish. People celebrate and friendship flourishes.

This is the story of a painter and blacksmith. The painter is a great artist. Kings were ready to trade gold and gems for his magnificent painting. The artist was a genius, he secretly kept his precious painting in a wooden box thinking that he could sell this art to bigger emperors for a greater price.
Suddenly there was a great storm there was floods and people were fleeing the city.
The blacksmith remembers the artist because he had made a wooden box. He had an iron box which was water proof his trade secret. He takes it out and gives it to the artist.
The artist thanks the blacksmith. The blacksmith thanks the artist. Both of them return to their kingdom. Their goal now was to make their king proud. The kingdom prospered.

This is the story of a vagabond hunter and a farmer.
The hunter lives in the jungle and hunts animals for food. He uses stones and twigs to burn the flesh and eats it.
One day while hunting he chases a deer. Unfortunately he falls down and breaks his leg. He is immobilized. A farmer comes to the jungle to collect wood. He rescues the hunter and takes him to his hut. In a couple of weeks his leg gets cured. The important thing is he learns the ways of the farmer and decides to be a watchman or guard to protect against wild animals. Hunter thinks how miserable his life was in a cave and treetop. Now he has a hut. Oil to cook. And food grains for a good meal.

This is the story of a woodcutter and a scholar.
Both of them are on a journey. The woodcutter sees the scholar at a market. The scholar advices the people assembled on what is right and what is wrong. The people listen to the scholar and praise him for his lessons. On a morning soon after sunrise both of them start their journey. The woodcutter joins the scholar after making due requests. The scholar accommodates him. The journey takes them through a jungle after they pass the town.
Suddenly a tiger approaches them and pounces on the scholar. The woodcutter uses his axe and drives the tiger away. The scholar thanks the woodcutter for saving his life. The woodcutter thanks the scholar for all the good lessons, which he will receive on the way.

A Buddhist Story

There was a warrior with pride in his might and Waller. He had not seen the divine. One day he heard of a monk. People said he was divine. The warrior became arrogant. He went straight to the monk and orders the monk to show him the divine. The monk tacitly
Ridicules the warrior. The warrior raises the sword.
The monk says
“You see evil now”
The warrior puts the sword back in its cover and humbles before the monk.
The monk says “you see divine now”.


Sathish, Hema and Lavan were children. They played and used to chat.
They liked to hear stories.
One day sathish told a story slowly but steadily. Hema and Lavan enjoyed it.
The next day Sathish came up with another story and did not know how to finish it.
Lavan said; “your stories are fake”. She proved her point by asking Sathish to show her the book where he read this story.
Sathish thought that his stories were really fake.
Only after he grew up did he realize that indeed his stories were his own and real.

Johnny was an inquisitive person. He wanted to buy a radio. He searched and found the best that met his criteria. On the second day the radio stopped playing. He was confident that the transistor had burned out. So he went to an electronics shop and replaced the transistor. Still the radio did not play. He was now confident that the capacitor had burned out. So he replaced it. Still it did not play.
Finally he took the radio to an electrician. The electrician used an ammeter and found the battery defective. Now Johnny’s radio became a refurbished radio.

This is the story of a doctor and a patient.
The doctor was an experienced person. The patient comes to the doctor and says he has memory problem.
The doctor checks the patient and says he is ok and sends the patient away.
The patient forgets to take his pen to the office. That evening he comes to the doctor complaining about memory loss. The doctor gives him some vitamin tablets. After a week the patient forgets to pay his telephone bill.
That evening he comes to the doctor complaining about memory loss. The doctor had no other go but to suggest an invasive operation. Guess what the patient did.He was happy and nodded his head. God help the doctor.