Print out Buddhist parables about good and evil. Parables for the lessons of social science
Christian parableEvil is sick. A few days passed in a fever. But in the world no one even noticed. But when Good fell ill, everyone immediately felt this loss. Even those who did evil. Since then, Evil has been trying not to lie down, even when he gets sick. Well after that...
magic colors Parable from Evgeny Permyak
Once in a hundred years, on a night under New Year, the kindest of all the kindest old men, Santa Claus, brings seven magical colors. With these paints you can draw whatever you want, and the drawn will come to life. If you want - draw a herd of cows and then graze them. ...
Anger and Humility Christian parable
Wrath went around the world - to look at people and show himself. Wherever it passes - everywhere quarrels, enmity, and even whole wars! One thing is a pity for Anger: not forever... He began to look for the reason why, and got to the monastery. The fence is low, the gates are wooden, no cannons...
two wolves Parable of unknown origin
Once upon a time, an old man revealed to his grandson one vital truth: - In every person there is a struggle, very similar to the struggle of two wolves. One wolf represents evil: envy, jealousy, regret, selfishness, ambition, lies. The other wolf represents goodness: peace, ...
ungrateful child Parable from Maxim Maximov
In the evening, the mentor and his student were talking around the fire: - Teacher, what do you think, what is good? I think that good is the absence of evil. The young man did not let up: - And what then is evil? When did it appear? The teacher looked at the fire for a long time, then turned...
Good for the fallen Christian parable
A certain brother said to Abba Pimen: - If I see a brother about whom I heard that he is in a fall, then I reluctantly accept him into my cell, and a brother who has good name I gladly accept. The elder answered him: - If you do good to a good brother, then for ...
long memory Parable from Andrey Zhuravlev
One day the Student said to his mentor: - Teacher, I want to be remembered for a long time. - This is not difficult. Do evil, he replied. But I don't wish harm on anyone! I want to do good, just like you! - the Student was indignant. The teacher glanced at the tops of the mountains, ...
Winter drops Christian parable
Winter decides to kill spring. Then there will be no summer. And autumn won't come. And forever it will come, winter, time! She invited spring to visit for this. And so and so she tried to freeze her. But goodness has more power! And, defending herself, she melted the spring ...
How to be good? Parable from Alexander Bella about the wise He
What to believe? - He was often asked. - Only in good! he invariably said. - In everything good? - they grinned in response and, turning, said goodbye: - All the best! The sage usually objected with a serious face: - Do you want to leave me everything? So not...
Rockfall Parable from Boris Krumer
In the pre-dawn hour, two men sat on the top of a rock, turning their faces to the east, where pinkish clouds foreshadowed the imminent sunrise. "Is there something you want to ask, apprentice?" - Said the Teacher, half-closing his eyes, enjoying the gentle breath ...
Kasab from Mazar Sufi parable
Tasting Those who seek only their well-being will not taste full success, After all, those who are afraid of a hangover syndrome will never enjoy intoxication. (Anwar-i-Suhayli) The meaning of dwelling is in its inhabitant. (Proverb) Sheikh Kasab from Mazar arrived in the city of Mosul and ...
An oath for a demon Sufi parable
One day, a certain demon overheard the thought of a pious man: "I would like to be tempted so that I can prove that I am immune to the machinations of demons." The demon immediately materialized in front of this man and said: - I am a demon and I wanted ...
When kindness is evil Parable from Maxim Maximov
Two brothers lived in the village. They lived alone, did not communicate with their neighbors. Somehow settled down new person. He was surprised by the attitude of the inhabitants towards the brothers. Then he decided to help the hermits. This kind person came to the outcasts and asked: - Friends, what are you wearing ...
When bad is good Sufi parable
There once lived a man, a simple craftsman named Azili, who was persuaded to give all his savings - one hundred silver coins - to a dishonest merchant who promised to invest them in business and get a good profit. However, when Azili came to the merchant to find out the news...
Lukovka Christian parable
Once upon a time, there was one evil, wicked man, and he died. And not a single virtue remained after him. The devils seized him and threw him into the lake of fire. And his Guardian Angel stands and thinks: “What kind of virtue would I remember of him in order to tell God.” ...
Competition Methods Business parable about the Way of trade
A parable is one of the most ancient varieties of an edifying story. Instructive allegories make it possible to briefly and succinctly give some kind of moral attitude, without resorting to direct persuasion. That is why parables about life with morals - short and allegorical - have always been a very popular tool for education, touching on a variety of problems of human existence.
The ability to distinguish between good and evil distinguishes a person from an animal. It is not surprising that the folklore of all nations keeps many parables on this topic. They also tried to give their own definitions of good and evil, explore their interaction and explain the nature of human dualism. Ancient East, and in Africa, and in Europe, and in both Americas. A large corpus of parables on this topic shows that for all the difference in cultures and traditions, the understanding of these fundamental concepts in different peoples general .
Once upon a time, an old Indian revealed to his grandson one vital truth:
- In every person there is a struggle, very similar to the struggle of two wolves. One wolf represents evil - envy, jealousy, regret, selfishness, ambition, lies ... The other wolf represents goodness - peace, love, hope, truth, kindness, loyalty ...
The little Indian, touched to the depths of his soul by his grandfather's words, thought for a few moments, and then asked:
Which wolf wins at the end?
The old Indian smiled almost imperceptibly and replied:
The wolf you feed always wins.
Know and don't
The young man came to the sage with a request to accept him as a student.
- Can you lie? the sage asked.
- Of course not!
- What about stealing?
- What about killing?
“So go and know all this,” exclaimed the sage, “and having known, do not do it!”
black dot
One day the sage gathered his disciples and showed them an ordinary sheet of paper, where he drew a small black dot. He asked them:
– What do you see?
Everyone answered in chorus that a black dot. The answer was not correct. The sage said:
“Don’t you see this white sheet of paper – it is so huge, bigger than this black dot! This is how it is in life - we first see something bad in people, although there is much more good. And only a few see a "white sheet of paper" at once.
Wherever a person is born, whoever he is, whatever he does, in fact, he does one thing - he is looking for happiness. This internal search continues from birth to deathbed, even if not always conscious. And along the way, a lot of questions lie in wait for a person. What is happiness? Is it possible to be happy without having anything? Is it possible to get happiness ready-made or do you have to create it yourself?
The concept of happiness is as individual as DNA or fingerprints. For some people and the whole world is not enough to feel at least satisfied. For others, a little is enough - a ray of sunshine, a friendly smile. It seems that there can be no agreement between people about this ethical category. And yet in different parables about happiness, points of contact are found.
piece of clay
God molded man from clay. He blinded the earth, the house, animals and birds for man. And he had an unused piece of clay.
- What else to blind you? God asked.
“Blind me happiness,” the man asked.
God did not answer, thought and put the remaining piece of clay in the man's palm.
Money can not buy happiness
The student asked the Master:
- How true are the words that happiness is not in money?
The master replied that they were completely correct.
- It's easy to prove. For money can buy a bed - but not sleep; food - but not appetite; medicines - but not health; servants - but not friends; women - but not love; dwelling - but not the hearth; entertainment - but not joy; teachers - but not the mind. And what is mentioned does not exhaust the list.
Khoja Nasreddin and traveler
One day Nasreddin met a gloomy man walking along the road to the city.
- What happened to you? Khoja Nasreddin asked the traveler.
The man showed him a battered travel bag and said plaintively:
- Oh, I'm unhappy! All that I own is infinite wide world, will barely fill this miserable, worthless bag!
“Your deeds are bad,” Nasreddin sympathized, snatched the bag from the traveler’s hands and ran away.
And the traveler continued on his way, shedding tears. In the meantime, Nasreddin ran ahead and put the sack right in the middle of the road. The traveler saw his bag lying on the way, laughed with joy and exclaimed:
Oh what happiness! And I thought I had lost everything!
“It is easy to make a man happy by teaching him to appreciate what he has,” thought Khoja Nasreddin, watching the traveler from the bushes.
The words "morality" and "morality" in Russian have different shades. Morality is more of a social attitude. Morality is internal, personal. However, the basic principles of morality and morality are largely the same.
Wise parables easily, but not superficially touch upon precisely these basic principles: the relationship of man to man, dignity and meanness, attitude towards the Motherland. Questions of the relationship between man and society are often embodied in a parable form.
Bucket of apples
A man bought himself a new house - a big, beautiful one - and a garden with fruit trees near the house. And nearby, in an old house, lived an envious neighbor who constantly tried to spoil his mood: either he would throw garbage under the gate, or he would do some other nasty things.
One day a man woke up good mood, went out onto the porch, and there - a bucket of slop. The man took a bucket, poured out the slop, cleaned the bucket to a shine, collected the largest, ripest and most delicious apples into it and went to a neighbor. The neighbor opens the door in the hope of a scandal, and the man handed him a bucket of apples and said:
- Whoever is rich, he shares it!
low and worthy
One padishah sent three identical bronze figurines to the sage and ordered him to convey:
“Let him decide which of the three people whose statues we are sending is worthy, who is so-so and who is low.
No one could find any difference between the three figurines. But the sage noticed holes in his ears. He took a thin flexible stick and stuck it in the ear of the first figurine. The wand came out through the mouth. The second figurine's wand came out through the other ear. The third figurine has a wand stuck somewhere inside.
“A person who divulges everything he hears is certainly low,” the sage reasoned. “The one whose secret enters in one ear and exits through the other is a so-so person. Truly noble is he who keeps all secrets within himself.
So the sage decided and made the corresponding inscriptions on all the figurines.
change your voice
Dovewing saw an owl in the grove and asked:
Where are you from, owl?
I used to live in the east, and now I'm flying west.
So the owl answered and began to hoot and laugh angrily. The dove asked again:
- Why did you leave your home and fly to foreign lands?
“Because in the East they don’t like me because I have a nasty voice.
- In vain you left your native land, - said the dove. – You need to change not the land, but the voice. In the west, just as in the east, they do not tolerate evil hooting.
About parents
Attitude towards parents is a moral task that has long been solved by mankind. Biblical legends about Hama, Gospel commandments, numerous proverbs, fairy tales fully reflect people's ideas about the relationship between fathers and children. Yet there are so many contradictions between parents and children that modern man It is worth mentioning this from time to time.
The constant relevance of the topic "Parents and children" gives rise to more and more parables. Modern authors, following in the footsteps of their predecessors, find new words and metaphors to touch upon this issue again.
feeder
There lived an old man. His eyes were blind, his hearing dulled, and his knees trembled. He almost could not hold a spoon in his hands, spilled soup, and sometimes food fell out of his mouth.
The son and his wife looked at him with disgust and began to put the old man in a corner behind the stove while eating, and the food was served to him in an old saucer. One day, the old man's hands were shaking so much that he could not hold a saucer of food. It fell to the floor and broke. Then the young daughter-in-law began to scold the old man, and the son made a wooden feeder for his father. Now the old man had to eat from it.
Once, when the parents were sitting at the table, their little son entered the room with a piece of wood in his hands.
- What do you want to do? the father asked.
“Wooden feeder,” answered the kid. - When I grow up, my father and mother will eat from it.
Eagle and eagle
The old eagle flew over the abyss. He carried his son on his back. The eaglet was still too small and could not master this path. Flying over the abyss, the chick said:
- Father! Now you are carrying me across the abyss on your back, and when I become big and strong, I will carry you.
“No, son,” the old eagle answered sadly. “When you grow up, you will carry your son.
Suspension bridge
There was a deep gorge on the way between two high mountain villages. The inhabitants of these villages built a suspension bridge over it. People walked on its wooden boards, and two cables served as a railing. People were so accustomed to walking on this bridge that they could not hold on to this railing, and even children fearlessly ran across the gorge on the planks.
But one day the ropes-railings disappeared somewhere. Early in the morning people approached the bridge, but no one could take a step across it. While the cables were, it was possible not to hold on to them, but without them the bridge turned out to be impregnable.
It's the same with our parents. While they are alive, we think that we can do without them, but as soon as we lose them, life immediately begins to seem very difficult.
Worldly parables
Everyday parables are a special category of texts. In a person's life every moment there is a situation of choice. What role can seemingly insignificant trifles, inconspicuous little meanness, stupid provocations, ridiculous doubts play in fate? Parables answer this question unequivocally: huge.
For a parable, there is nothing insignificant and unimportant. She remembers strongly that "the flutter of a butterfly's wing echoes like thunder in the distant worlds." But the parable does not leave a person alone with the inexorable law of retribution. She always leaves the opportunity for the fallen to rise and continue on their way.
All in your hands
A sage lived in a Chinese village. From everywhere people came to him with their problems and illnesses, and no one left without receiving help. For this he was loved and respected.
Only one person said: “People! Who do you worship? After all, this is a charlatan and a swindler! One day he gathered a crowd around him and said:
Today I will prove to you that I was right. Let's go to your sage, I'll catch a butterfly, and when he comes out on the porch of his house, I'll ask: "Guess what I have in my hand?" He will say: “Butterfly”, because anyway one of you will let it slip. And then I will ask: “Is it alive or dead?” If he says that he is alive, I will squeeze his hand, and if he is dead, then I will release the butterfly to freedom. In any case, your sage will be fooled!
When they came to the house of the wise man, and he came out to meet them, the envious man asked his first question:
“Butterfly,” answered the sage.
- Is it alive or dead?
The old man, smiling through his beard, said:
Everything is in your hands, man.
Bat
A long time ago, a war broke out between the beast and the birds. The hardest thing was the old Bat. After all, she was both an animal and a bird at the same time. That is why she could not decide for herself who it would be more profitable for her to join. But then she decided to cheat. If the birds prevail over the beasts, then she will support the birds. Otherwise, she will quickly go over to the beasts. And so she did.
But when everyone noticed how she was behaving, they immediately suggested that she not run from one to the other, but once and for all choose one side. Then the old Bat said:
- Not! I will stay in the middle.
- Good! both sides said.
The battle began and the old Bat, caught in the middle of the battle, was crushed and died.
That is why he who tries to sit between two chairs will always end up on the rottenest part of the rope that hangs over the mouth of death.
The fall
One student asked his Sufi teacher:
“Master, what would you say if you knew about my fall?”
- Get up!
– And next time?
- Get up again!
- And how long can it go on - all fall and rise?
- Fall and get up while you're alive! After all, those who fell and did not rise are dead.
Orthodox parables about life
Another academician D.S. Likhachev noted that in Russia the parable as a genre "grew" from the Bible. The Bible itself is littered with parables. It was this form of preaching to the people that Solomon and Christ chose. Therefore, there is nothing surprising in the fact that with the advent of Christianity in Russia, the parable genre took root deeply in our land.
Folk faith has always been far from formalism and "bookish" complexity. Therefore, the best Orthodox preachers constantly turned to allegory, where they generally transformed the key ideas of Christianity into a fabulous form. Sometimes Orthodox parables about life could be concentrated in one phrase-aphorism. In other cases - in a short story.
Humility is a feat
Once, a woman came to Optina hieroschemamonk Anatoly (Zertsalov) and asked him for blessings for a spiritual feat: to live alone and fast, pray and sleep on bare boards without interference. The old man said to her:
- You know, the evil one does not eat, does not drink and does not sleep, but everything lives in the abyss, because he does not have humility. Submit in all the will of God - here is your feat; humble yourself before everyone, reproach yourself for everything, bear illness and sorrow with gratitude - this is beyond all feats!
your cross
One person seemed to have a very hard life. And one day he went to God, told about his misfortunes and asked Him:
– May I choose another cross for myself?
God looked at the man with a smile, led him into the vault, where there were crosses, and said:
- Choose.
A man walked around the store for a long time, looking for the smallest and lightest cross, and finally found a small, small, light, light cross, went up to God and said:
“God, can I have this one?”
“Yes, you can,” God replied. - This is your own.
About love with morality
Love moves the worlds and human souls. It would be strange if the parables ignored the problems of relations between a man and a woman. And here the authors of parables raise a great many questions. What is love? Can you define it? Where does it come from, and what destroys it? How to get it?
Parables also touch upon narrower aspects. Household relations between husband and wife - it would seem, what could be more banal? But here, too, the parable finds food for thought. After all, it is only in fairy tales that the wedding crown ends. And the parable knows: this is just the beginning. And keeping love is as important as finding it.
All or nothing
A man came to a wise man and asked, "What is love?" The wise man said: "Nothing."
The man was very surprised and began to tell him that he had read many books that describe that love can be different, sad and happy, eternal and fleeting.
Then the sage replied: "That's it."
The man again did not understand anything and asked: “How can I understand you? All or nothing?"
The sage smiled and said, “You yourself have just answered your own question: nothing or everything. There can be no middle ground!
Mind and heart
One person argued that the mind on the street of love is blind, and that the main thing in love is the heart. As evidence of this, he cited the story of a lover who many times swam across the Tigris River, bravely fighting the current to see his beloved.
But one day he suddenly noticed a speck on her face. After that, as he swam across the Tigris, he thought, "My beloved is not perfect." And at the same moment the love that kept him on the waves weakened, in the middle of the river his strength left him, and he drowned.
Repair, don't throw away
An elderly couple who had lived together for over 50 years was asked:
- Probably, you have never had a fight in half a century?
“They fought,” the husband and wife replied.
- Maybe you never had a need, there were ideal relatives and a house - a full bowl?
- No, it's like everyone else.
- But you never wanted to disperse?
– There were also such thoughts.
How did you manage to live together for so long?
– Apparently, we were born and raised in those times when it was customary to fix broken things, and not throw them away.
Don't demand
The teacher found out that one of his students was persistently seeking someone's love.
“Don’t ask for love, that way you won’t get it,” the teacher said.
- But why?
- Tell me, what do you do when uninvited guests are breaking at your door, when they knock, shout, demanding to open it, and tear their hair out because they are not opened?
“I lock her tighter.
- Do not break into the doors of other people's hearts, so they will close even more strongly in front of you. Become a welcome guest and any heart will open before you. Take an example from a flower that does not chase bees, but by giving them nectar, attracts them to itself.
Short parables about insult
The outside world is a harsh environment that constantly pushes people against each other, striking sparks. The situation of conflict, humiliation, insult received can permanently unsettle a person. The parable comes to the rescue here too, playing a psychotherapeutic role.
How to respond to an insult? Give vent to anger and respond to insolent? What to choose - the Old Testament "eye for an eye" or the gospel "turn the other cheek"? It is curious that of the entire corpus of parables about insults, Buddhist parables are the most popular today. The pre-Christian, but not the Old Testament, approach seems to be the most acceptable to our contemporary.
Go your own way
One of the disciples asked the Buddha:
- If someone insults me or hits me, what should I do?
- If a dry branch falls on you from a tree and hits you, what will you do? he asked in response:
- What will i do? This is indeed mere chance, a mere coincidence that I was under a tree when a branch fell from it, ”said the student.
Then the Buddha remarked:
- So do the same. Someone was mad, angry and hit you. It's like a branch from a tree has fallen on your head. Don't let it bother you, go your own way as if nothing happened.
Take it for yourself
One day, several people began to viciously insult the Buddha. He listened silently, very calmly. And so they became uncomfortable. One of these people addressed the Buddha:
“Are you not offended by our words?!
“It is up to you whether you insult me or not,” said the Buddha. “And it is mine to accept your insults or not. I refuse to accept them. You can take them for yourself.
Socrates and the insolent
When some insolent man kicked Socrates, he endured without saying a word. And when someone expressed surprise why Socrates ignored such a brazen insult, the philosopher remarked:
- If a donkey kicked me, would I really begin to bring him to court?
About the meaning of life
Reflections on the meaning and purpose of being belong to the category of so-called "damned questions", and no one has a clear answer. However, a deep existential fear - "Why am I living if I'm going to die anyway?" - torments every person. And of course, the genre of the parable also concerns this issue.
Every nation has parables about the meaning of life. Most often, it is defined as follows: the meaning of life is in life itself, in its endless reproduction and development through subsequent generations. The brevity of the existence of each individual person is considered philosophically. Perhaps the most allegorical and transparent parable of this category was invented by the American Indians.
stone and bamboo
It is said that once stone and bamboo had a strong argument. Each of them wanted a person's life to be similar to his own.
Stone said:
- A person's life should be the same as mine. Then he will live forever.
Bamboo replied:
- No, no, a person's life should be like mine. I die, but immediately I am born again.
Stone objected:
- No, let it be different. Let better man will be like me. I do not bow down to the wind or to the rain. Neither water nor heat nor cold can harm me. My life is endless. For me there is no pain, no worries. This is how a person's life should be.
Bamboo insisted:
- Not. A person's life should be like mine. I am dying, it is true, but I am reborn in my sons. Isn't it true? Look around me - my sons are everywhere. And they will also have their sons, and all will have smooth and white skin.
The stone failed to answer this. Bamboo won the argument. That is why human life is like the life of bamboo.
Nothing that isn't true.
One day a blind man was sitting on the steps of a building with a hat at his feet and a sign that read: "I am blind, please help."
One person passed by and stopped. He saw an invalid who had only a few coins in his hat. He tossed him a couple of coins and, without his permission, wrote new words on the tablet. He left it to the blind man and left.
By the end of the day he returned and saw that the hat was full of coins. The blind man recognized him by his steps and asked if he was the man who had copied the tablet. The blind man also wanted to know what exactly he had written. He replied:
“Nothing that isn't true. I just wrote it a little differently.
He smiled and left.
The new inscription on the plate was: "It's spring now, but I can't see it."
Reminder
A young man was riding in a shiny new Jaguar in a good mood, humming a tune. Suddenly he saw children sitting by the road. After he carefully drove around them, was about to pick up speed again, he suddenly heard a stone hit the car. The young man stopped the car, got out of it and, grabbing one of the boys by the scruff of the neck, began to shake him, shouting:
- The bastard! Why the hell did you throw a rock at my car! Do you know how much this car costs?!
“Excuse me, mister,” the boy replied. “It was not my intention to harm you or your machine. The fact is that my brother is disabled, he fell out of the wheelchair, but I cannot lift him, he is too heavy for me. For several hours we have been asking for help, but not a single car has stopped. I had no choice but to throw the stone, otherwise you wouldn't have stopped either.
The young man helped to seat the disabled person in a chair, trying to hold back tears and suppress a lump in his throat. Then he went to his car and saw a dent in the brand new shiny door left from the stone.
He drove this car for many years, and every time he said no to the mechanics to the offer to repair this dent in the door, because every time it reminded him that if you ignore the whisper, a stone will fly at you.
Can't save everyone
One day at high tide brought a lot of starfish. The tide came and a huge number of them began to dry in the sun.
The boy, walking along the shore, began to throw the stars into the sea so that they could continue their life journey.
A man approached him and asked:
Why are you doing this? It's just stupid! he shouted. — Look around! There are millions of starfish here, the shore is just dotted with them. Your attempts won't change anything!
The boy picked up the next starfish, thought for a moment, threw it into the sea and said:
- No, my attempts will change a lot ... for this star.
Junior rain chief
One day, two sailors set off on a journey around the world to find their destiny. They sailed to the island, where the leader of one of the tribes had two daughters. The eldest is beautiful, and the youngest is not very.
One of the sailors said to his friend:
- That's it, I found my happiness, I'm staying here and marrying the leader's daughter.
— Yes, you are right, the eldest daughter of the leader is a beauty, a clever one. You made the right choice - get married.
You don't understand me, friend! I am marrying the chief's youngest daughter.
- Are you crazy? She's like... not so much.
This is my decision and I will do it.
The friend sailed on in search of his happiness, and the groom went to woo. I must say that in the tribe it was customary to give cows for the bride. A good bride cost ten cows.
He drove ten cows and approached the leader.
“Chief, I want to marry your daughter and I give ten cows for her!”
- It's a good choice. My eldest daughter is beautiful, smart, and worth ten cows. I agree.
No, chief, you don't understand. I want to marry your youngest daughter.
- Are you joking? Can't you see, she's just so... not so good.
- I want to marry her.
- Okay, but how fair man I can't take ten cows, she's not worth it. I'll take three cows for her, no more.
— No, I want to pay exactly ten cows.
They merried.
Several years passed, and the wandering friend, already on his ship, decided to visit the remaining comrade and find out how his life is. Sailed, walks along the shore, and towards the woman of unearthly beauty.
He asked her how to find his friend. She showed. He comes and sees: his friend is sitting, the kids are running around.
- How is it going?
- I'm happy.
This is where the beautiful woman comes in.
- Here, meet me. This is my wife.
- How? Are you married again?
No, it's still the same woman.
But how did it happen that she changed so much?
- You can ask her yourself.
A friend approached the woman and asked:
“Sorry for the faux pas, but I remember how you were… not really. What happened to make you so beautiful?
“I just realized one day that I was worth ten cows.
The Parable of the Nails
Once upon a time there was a very hot-tempered and unrestrained young man. And then one day his father gave him a bag of nails and punished him every time he could not restrain his anger, to drive one nail into a fence post.
On the first day, there were several dozen nails in the post. In another week, he learned to control his anger, and every day the number of nails driven into the pole began to decrease. The young man realized that it was easier to control his temper than to drive in nails.
At last the day came when he never once lost his composure. He told his father about this, and he said that this time, every day, when his son managed to restrain himself, he could pull one nail out of the post.
Time passed, and the day came when he could tell his father that not a single nail was left in the post. Then the father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence:
“You did a good job, but do you see how many holes there are in the pillar? He will never be the same again. When you say something evil to a person, he leaves the same scar as these holes. And no matter how many times you apologize after that, the scar will remain.
two angels
Two traveling angels stopped for the night in the house of a wealthy family. The family was inhospitable and did not want to leave the angels in the living room. Instead, they were laid to sleep in a cold basement. As they were making the bed, the elder angel saw a hole in the wall and patched it up. When junior angel saw it, then asked why. The elder replied:
“Things are not what they seem.
“Things are not what they seem,” the older angel replied. — When we were in the basement, I realized that there was a treasure with gold in the hole in the wall. His owner was rude and did not want to do good. I repaired the wall so that the treasure would not be found. As we slept in bed the next night, the angel of death came for the owner's wife. I gave him the cow.
Things are not what they seem. We never know everything. And even if you have faith, you still need to inspire confidence that everything that comes is in your favor. And you will understand this with time. Some people come into our lives and leave quickly, some become our friends and stay for a minute. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today…
The present is a gift. Life is magic, and the taste of every moment is unique!
Topic start here The best parables about the meaning of life
Continuation of the topic here "The best historical parables"
Bonus for those who like short sketches with deep meaning.
The Parable of the Spoons
One day a good man was talking to God and asked him:
- Lord, I would like to know what Heaven is and what Hell is.
The Lord led him to two doors, opened one, and led the good man inside.
There was a huge round table in the middle of which was a huge bowl filled with food that smelled very delicious.
The kind man felt his mouth watering.
The people around the table looked sick and starving.They had spoons with long, long handles attached to their hands. They could get the cupfilled with food, and scoop up food, but since the handles of the spoons were too long, they could not bring them to their mouths.
The good man was shocked at the sight of their misfortune.
The Lord said, "You just saw Hell."
The Lord and the good man then went to the second door. The Lord opened it. The scene that the kind person saw was identical to the previous one. The same huge round table, the same giant thicket that made his mouth fill with saliva. The people around the table held the same very long-handled spoons.Only this time they looked full, happy, and deep in pleasant conversations with each other.
The good man said to the Lord, "I don't understand."
It's simple, - the Lord answered him, - these have learned to feed each other. And they only think about themselves.
Hell and Paradise are arranged in the same way. The difference is inside us
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great writer whose name, alas, was lost in the course of the years, read a magnificent text to the student audience, which led everyone to complete delight, close to ecstasy. Here it is necessary to make a tiny digression and make it clear that this writer was at that time a figure of the greatest scale, let's not be afraid to oversalt in epithets - a special iconic, almost messiah.
The students, not at all doubting the answer, asked:
- Who is the author of this divine text?
If I tell you that these stigmata were clearly visible in heaven, and I was only a diligent scribe who reproduced them on paper, you will tremble and reverently pray to these lines.
- If I say that at night in a dream the voice of God whispered softly in my ear, you will experience great reverence, but I do not think that you will kneel in tears and trembling.
- If I say that the author is one of you, you will probably fall into despondency and secretly begin to envy each other, and perhaps even hate.
- And if I tell you that the text was picked up by me in the mud from the hands of a beggar and a homeless person, you will probably laugh, and the sanctity of the text will melt like a ghostly morning fog ...
Evil is sick. A few days passed in a fever. But in the world no one even noticed. But when Good fell ill, everyone immediately felt this loss. Even those who did evil. Since then, Evil has been trying not to lie down, even when he gets sick. Well after that...
magic colors Parable from Evgeny Permyak
Once in a hundred years, on New Year's Eve, the kindest of all the kindest old people, Santa Claus, brings seven magical colors. With these paints you can draw whatever you want, and the drawn will come to life. If you want - draw a herd of cows and then graze them. ...
Anger and Humility Christian parable
Wrath went around the world - to look at people and show himself. Wherever it passes - everywhere quarrels, enmity, and even whole wars! One thing is a pity for Anger: not forever... He began to look for the reason why, and got to the monastery. The fence is low, the gates are wooden, no cannons...
two wolves Parable of unknown origin
Once upon a time, an old man revealed to his grandson one vital truth: - In every person there is a struggle, very similar to the struggle of two wolves. One wolf represents evil: envy, jealousy, regret, selfishness, ambition, lies. The other wolf represents goodness: peace, ...
ungrateful child Parable from Maxim Maximov
In the evening, the mentor and his student were talking around the fire: - Teacher, what do you think, what is good? I think that good is the absence of evil. The young man did not let up: - And what then is evil? When did it appear? The teacher looked at the fire for a long time, then turned...
Good for the fallen Christian parable
A certain brother said to Abba Pimen: - If I see a brother about whom I heard that he is in a fall, then I reluctantly accept him into my cell, but I gladly accept a brother who has a good name. The elder answered him: - If you do good to a good brother, then for ...
long memory Parable from Andrey Zhuravlev
One day the Student said to his mentor: - Teacher, I want to be remembered for a long time. - This is not difficult. Do evil, he replied. But I don't wish harm on anyone! I want to do good, just like you! - the Student was indignant. The teacher glanced at the tops of the mountains, ...
Winter drops Christian parable
Winter decides to kill spring. Then there will be no summer. And autumn won't come. And forever it will come, winter, time! She invited spring to visit for this. And so and so she tried to freeze her. But goodness has more power! And, defending herself, she melted the spring ...
How to be good? Parable from Alexander Bella about the wise He
What to believe? - He was often asked. - Only in good! he invariably said. - In everything good? - they grinned in response and, turning, said goodbye: - All the best! The sage usually objected with a serious face: - Do you want to leave me everything? So not...
Rockfall Parable from Boris Krumer
In the pre-dawn hour, two men sat on the top of a rock, turning their faces to the east, where pinkish clouds foreshadowed the imminent sunrise. "Is there something you want to ask, apprentice?" - Said the Teacher, half-closing his eyes, enjoying the gentle breath ...
Kasab from Mazar Sufi parable
Tasting Those who seek only their well-being will not taste full success, After all, those who are afraid of a hangover syndrome will never enjoy intoxication. (Anwar-i-Suhayli) The meaning of dwelling is in its inhabitant. (Proverb) Sheikh Kasab from Mazar arrived in the city of Mosul and ...
An oath for a demon Sufi parable
One day, a certain demon overheard the thought of a pious man: "I would like to be tempted so that I can prove that I am immune to the machinations of demons." The demon immediately materialized in front of this man and said: - I am a demon and I wanted ...
When kindness is evil Parable from Maxim Maximov
Two brothers lived in the village. They lived alone, did not communicate with their neighbors. Somehow a new person settled nearby. He was surprised by the attitude of the inhabitants towards the brothers. Then he decided to help the hermits. This kind man came to the outcasts and asked: - Friends, what are you...
When bad is good Sufi parable
There once lived a man, a simple craftsman named Azili, who was persuaded to give all his savings - one hundred silver coins - to a dishonest merchant who promised to invest them in business and get a good profit. However, when Azili came to the merchant to find out the news...
Lukovka Christian parable
Once upon a time, there was one evil, wicked man, and he died. And not a single virtue remained after him. The devils seized him and threw him into the lake of fire. And his Guardian Angel stands and thinks: “What kind of virtue would I remember of him in order to tell God.” ...
Competition Methods Business parable about the Way of trade
There was once a man, a simple craftsman named Azili, who was persuaded to give all his savings - one hundred silver coins to a dishonest merchant who promised to invest them in business and get a good profit.
However, when Azili came to the merchant to get news about his money, he said: "Azili? Never heard of such a thing. Money? There was no money. Get out before I call the police and accuse you of trying to take money from me with threats ..."
The poor craftsman did not know how such things were done: he did not ask for receipts and did not take care that there were witnesses to his transaction. Azili returned to his hut, realizing that he could not help himself.
That evening he decided to pray. Coming out on the roof of his dwelling, he raised his hands to the sky and said: "Lord, I pray for justice, let the money return to me in any way, for I do not know how to do it, but I really need it now."
It so happened that one disgusting-looking dervish passed by and heard his prayer. As soon as Azili finished praying, the dervish approached him and said: "I will help you. Every thing needs a carrier, and perhaps the answer to your request comes through me!"
At first, Azili recoiled from the man, for he had a reputation for evil eye, and Azili had enough problems already.
“You will probably be interested to know, although you will not believe it,” continued the dervish, “that although people hate me, I do good, just like many of those whom people love do evil. I take up your business ".
So saying, the dervish left. Soon after, Azili was standing near the shop of the merchant, thinking about how to return the money, a dervish suddenly appeared and shouted: “Oh, Azili is my old friend! This evening I am waiting for you at home. I finally decided to explain to you part of my secrets and I will reveal to you a lot of valuable things that I know, be sure that your life will change completely.
Azili didn't even know where this dervish's house was, let alone be chosen to pass on important secrets. Due to the reputation of a dervish, as evil person he felt out of his element.
The merchant, attracted by the noise, left his shop. The arrival of a dervish with an "evil eye" frightened him, and the news that Azili was a disciple of this man threw him into a panic.
In the evening of the same day, when Azili was sitting at home, a dervish came to see him. "Well," he said, "how much money did the merchant give you back?"
"He gave me five times what he took," replied Azili, quite puzzled by what had happened.
"Well," said the dervish, "remember, there are many things that are thought to work with the power of good, but which, in fact, are based on bad things. Likewise, there are many things that are supposed to work with the power of evil." , however, in reality, sometimes these are good things. Bad person like your dealer, wouldn't listen to the warnings from good man, but if you bring into play the possibility of a threat from a person even worse than him, he will be helpless against her. The sages say correctly: "Good does not come from evil. But you must be sure that it is really evil before making informed decisions."
