Stories about self-forgiveness
2 Buddhist wisdom stories about self-forgiveness from Buddhist teachers, each linked to the original talk.
- The encyclopedia he felt guilty for sellingStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: As a poor student he sold children's encyclopedias door to door, trained to make parents feel guilty. He sold one — to a struggling young family — and felt terrible about it for…
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as a poor student I got a job setting encyclopedias door-to-door that's how desperate I was the worst thing was I actually sold one because actually a children's encyclopedia and after selling one I felt so guilty afterwards because selling the stupid worthless encyclopedia to this young family who just had a kid and they would feel guilty because you actually trained how to make parents feel so guilty but they would just know once that would ask them pedophiles or child abusers if they didn't buy this stupid book for their kid so they bought this bucket of a thing they waited bunny on this stupid book and they're struggling to survive and I felt terrible for years on that until one day is actually I told her story here and somebody came up to me and they said this is weird they said it's just too much of a coincidence but some of these coincidence because of the law of karma that's how this coincidence happens they said when I was very small this some woman said she lived in England she said this young student came to my door and sold my parents this children's encyclopedia and she said I love those books they meant so much to me and I had so much happiness reading those encyclopedias so I don't know if it was you but he could have been as soon as I heard that I thought wow actually something good
- Why did the chewing gum cross the road?Joke · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: Riddle he promised to try out: why did the piece of chewing gum cross the road? Because it was stuck to the foot of a chicken. ('I forgive myself every time I tell a joke.')
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Why did the piece of chewing gum cross the road? [laughter] Why did the piece of chewing gum... People are already just shaking their heads in disbelief I’m saying this. Why did a piece of chewing gum cross the road? Because it was stuck to the foot of a chicken.