108 Ajahn Brahm Stories –
108 truyện của Ajahn Brahm
Opening The Door Of Your Heart, And Other Buddhist Tales Of Happiness
Mở Rộng Cửa Tâm Mình
English: Ajahn Brahm
Việt ngữ: Chơn Quán Trần-ngọc Lợi
Compile: Middle Way
00. 108 Ajahn Brahm Stories – Contents – Mục lục – Song ngữ
00. 108 stories – Mục lục – Song ngữ
Contents
Perfection and guilt 3
Two bad bricks 5
The temple garden 8
What’s done is finished 10
The idiot’s guide to peace of mind 10
Guilt and absolution 12
Criminal guilt 14
The Class B kids 15
The child in the supermarket 17
We are all criminals 18
Letting go of guilt, forever 18
Love and commitment 19
Unconditional love 21
Opening the door of your heart 22
Marriage 25
Commitment 25
The chicken and the duck 26
Gratitude 27
Romance 28
True love 30
Fear and pain 33
Freedom from fear 35
Predicting the future 36
Gambling 37
What is fear? 39
Fear of public speaking 41
Fear of pain 44
Letting go of pain 46
TM or how to transcend-dental medication 47
No worries 48
Anger and forgiveness 53
Anger 55
The trial 56
The retreat 57
The anger-eating demon 60
Right! That’s it! I’m leaving! 62
How to stop an insurgency 64
Cooling off with forgiveness 67
Positive forgiveness 68
Creating happiness 71
Flattery gets you everywhere 73
How to be a VIP 74
The two-finger smile 75
Priceless teachings 77
This too will pass 78
The heroic sacrifice 80
A truck-load of dung 80
It’s too much to hope for 83
Being a dustbin 85
Maybe it is fair! 86
Critical Problems
and their compassionate solutions 87
The law of karma 89
Drinking tea when there’s no way out 90
Going with the flow 91
Caught between a tiger and a snake 93
Advice for life 94
Is there a problem? 96
Making decisions 97
Blaming others 98
The Emperor’s three questions 99
The cow that cried 102
The little girl and her friend 105
The snake, the mayor and the monk 107
The bad snake 109
Wisdom and inner silence 113
The wings of compassion 115
Caring for a son 116
What is wisdom? 116
Eating wisely 118
Solving the problem 119
Unwise listening 120
What wisdom is not 120
The danger of an open mouth 122
The talkative tortoise 124
Free speech 127
The mind and reality 129
The exorcist 131
The biggest thing in the world 132
Searching for the mind 133
Science 134
The science of silence 135
Blind faith 135
Values and the spiritual life 139
The most beautiful sound 141
What’s in a name? 142
Pyramid power 143
Precious stones 145
Then I’ll be happy 146
The Mexican fisherman 148
When all my wishes were fulfilled 150
Freedom and humility 151
Two kinds of freedom 153
Which type of freedom would you like? 153
The Free World 155
A dinner with Amnesty International 157
The dress code of a monk 158
Laughing at yourself 160
The dog that had the last laugh 161
Abuse and enlightenment 162
When I became enlightened 164
The road hog 166
Hare Krishna 167
The hammer 168
Enjoying a joke at no one’s expense 169
The idiot 170
Suffering and letting go 171
Thinking about washing 173
A moving experience 174
Poor me; lucky them 176
Advice for when you are sick 177
What’s wrong with being sick? 178
Visiting the sick 180
The lighter side of death 182
Grief, loss and celebrating a life 185
Falling leaves 187
The ups and downs of death 189
The man with four wives 190
Cracking up 192
The worm and his lovely pile of dung 193
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