Stories about peace of mind
2 Buddhist wisdom stories about peace of mind from Buddhist teachers, each linked to the original talk.
- Mixed vegetables at the autopsyStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: When the monks are allowed to watch an autopsy, the Scottish pathologist opens the stomach to find peas and carrots and quips that it's just like the floor of a Glasgow bus on a…
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some years ago the MKS were actually allowed to go to see an autopsy and he was the guy doing the autopsies and as soon as he opened up the stomach there was all these um what's it called mixed vegetables like peas and carrots inside this and he said that's amazing he was a Scots fell this Hilton fellow he that's really amazing just like Saturday night on the buses in Glasgow that's what actually you see on the floor you get the idea that people vomiting cuz in Glasgow rough Town people drink too much and what would actually come out the stomach was actually mix vegetables and so see even in Perth mixed vegetables in a St stomach
- “What's done is finished”Story · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: A Thai abbot sends the builders home for the three-month rains retreat, leaving his new hall without a roof or windows and with timber and cement bags strewn about. A visitor…
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that is a wonderful story of this monk who was building his main hall in his Monastery and of course it takes a lot of time and effort to make a big building like that but it come to the time of the the rainy season the monsoon season in in Thailand as in most Buddhist countries when it comes to the wet season all the monkss go on Retreat we have a 3 month Retreat period and so the Abbot of this Monastery told the builders look we're all going to be meditating for the next three months and anyway it's going to be raining it's not the best time to build anyway all the builders you can go home and come back in 3 months so he sent all the builders away so a few days later a visitor came to the temple and they saw this whole incomplete and so just in general conversation with the Abba they asked when is your hall going to be finished and the Abba replied it is finished to which the visitor was quite stunned and said what do you mean it's finished the there's not a roof on it are you going to leave it like that there's no glass in the windows there's pieces of wood and old cement bangs all over the floor what do you mean it's finished to which the Abbot replied his Immortal words sir what's done is finished and after that the abber got up and went to meditate