Con tôi, tài sản tôi; người ngu sinh ưu não. Tự ta ta không có, con đâu tài sản đâu?Kinh Pháp Cú (Kệ số 62)
Thành công là tìm được sự hài lòng trong việc cho đi nhiều hơn những gì bạn nhận được. (Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.)Christopher Reeve
Chúng ta không thể đạt được sự bình an nơi thế giới bên ngoài khi chưa có sự bình an với chính bản thân mình. (We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.)Đức Đạt-lai Lạt-ma XIV
Các sinh vật đang sống trên địa cầu này, dù là người hay vật, là để cống hiến theo cách riêng của mình, cho cái đẹp và sự thịnh vượng của thế giới.Đức Đạt-lai Lạt-ma XIV
Mỗi cơn giận luôn có một nguyên nhân, nhưng rất hiếm khi đó là nguyên nhân chính đáng. (Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.)Benjamin Franklin
Điều bất hạnh nhất đối với một con người không phải là khi không có trong tay tiền bạc, của cải, mà chính là khi cảm thấy mình không có ai để yêu thương.Tủ sách Rộng Mở Tâm Hồn
Một người sáng tạo được thôi thúc bởi khát khao đạt đến thành công, không phải bởi mong muốn đánh bại người khác. (A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.)Ayn Rand
Một số người mang lại niềm vui cho bất cứ nơi nào họ đến, một số người khác tạo ra niềm vui khi họ rời đi. (Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.)Oscar Wilde
Dầu mưa bằng tiền vàng, Các dục khó thỏa mãn. Dục đắng nhiều ngọt ít, Biết vậy là bậc trí.Kinh Pháp cú (Kệ số 186)
Người biết xấu hổ thì mới làm được điều lành. Kẻ không biết xấu hổ chẳng khác chi loài cầm thú.Kinh Lời dạy cuối cùng
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- Introduction
- Bella and the Magic Soup
- The Magic Moonlight Tree
- The New Girl
- Ester and Lucky
- The Shiny Red Train
- »» The Sheep Stealers
- Aloka and the Band of Robbers
- The Monkey Thieves
- Angelica and King Frederick
- The Beautiful White Horse
- Danan and the Serpent
- The Spirit of the Tree
- Egbert and the Fisherman
- Amrita and the Elephants
- The Lion and the Boar
- Tim and Grandpa Joe
- The Desert Willow
- Antonio and His Treasure
- Meditation Instructions
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Relax, close your eyes and imagine that you live on a sheep farm in the Scottish highlands. This story is about two young brothers, Hamish and Dougal Woolly. One day their father had an accident and the two boys had to grow up fast. Listen carefully to their story.
“Oooops!” cried Mr Woolly. Hamish and Dougal rushed out to the farmyard to find their father on the ground, clutching his ankle. “I slipped off the ladder,” he explained. “And now I can’t stand up!”
The boys carried their father indoors. “You boys are going to have to take the sheep to market,” said Mr Woolly. “Use the ferry to cross the river. The forest is too dangerous.”
“But Father, that’ll take twice the time!” protested Hamish. “I'm not frightened of the forest.”
“Well, you should be! There are thieves and dangerous animals and I won’t be there to protect you. I want you to go by the river and no argument about it,” said Mr Woolly.
The boys rounded up the sheep and set out the next morning. When they reached the river there was no ferry to be seen. The boys waited and waited but no-one came.
“Lets go through the forest, said Hamish. “It’s much less effort.”
“But Father said it wasn’t safe,” said Dougal.
“Father worries too much,” replied Hamish.
In the end Hamish stormed off to the forest, taking half the sheep with him. “See you at the market!” he called.
Dougal sat with the remaining sheep wondering how to cross the river. “Perhaps I could make some stepping stones,” he thought, but the rocks he threw into the water sank out of sight. Then he built a raft but that sank, too.
“Those ideas didn't work, but I’ll keep trying,” he said. He toiled all day, but with no success. When it got dark he went to sleep, trusting the answer would be clearer in the morning.
By contrast, Hamish had a lazy day leading his sheep through the forest. When night fell, he lay down to sleep under a tree, full of confidence. “I’ll show Dougal,” he said.
In the forest, a gang of sheep rustlers led by Fingers the wolf had followed Hamish’s progress all day. In the dead of night Fingers, and his two mean-looking foxes, spirited away the sheep to their den. “We’ll get a fine price for these sheep,” Fingers said.
Down by the river, the morning sun woke Dougal. “Got it!” he suddenly exclaimed. He climbed up to a tall tree and began chopping at its base with his axe. The tree fell right across the river forming a bridge for the sheep to cross.
In the forest Hamish woke to find all his sheep had gone. He searched and searched, but could find no trace of them. “I’ve let everyone down,” he thought sadly as he began his long, lonely walk home. “And we badly needed the money.”
Two days later Dougal arrived at the market and sold his sheep for a handsome profit. When he arrived home, his parents and Hamish were waiting to welcome him. Hamish looked so forlorn his father gave him a hug. “The most important thing is that we’re all safe and together again, but I hope you’ve learned a lesson,” said Mr Woolly to Hamish. “There are no shortcuts. Success takes hard work.”
The easiest solution to a problem isn’t always the best one — it can take a lot of effort and hard thinking to reach your goals. Help yourself by following advice from more experienced people.
“Oooops!” cried Mr Woolly. Hamish and Dougal rushed out to the farmyard to find their father on the ground, clutching his ankle. “I slipped off the ladder,” he explained. “And now I can’t stand up!”
The boys carried their father indoors. “You boys are going to have to take the sheep to market,” said Mr Woolly. “Use the ferry to cross the river. The forest is too dangerous.”
“But Father, that’ll take twice the time!” protested Hamish. “I'm not frightened of the forest.”
“Well, you should be! There are thieves and dangerous animals and I won’t be there to protect you. I want you to go by the river and no argument about it,” said Mr Woolly.
The boys rounded up the sheep and set out the next morning. When they reached the river there was no ferry to be seen. The boys waited and waited but no-one came.
“Lets go through the forest, said Hamish. “It’s much less effort.”
“But Father said it wasn’t safe,” said Dougal.
“Father worries too much,” replied Hamish.
In the end Hamish stormed off to the forest, taking half the sheep with him. “See you at the market!” he called.
Dougal sat with the remaining sheep wondering how to cross the river. “Perhaps I could make some stepping stones,” he thought, but the rocks he threw into the water sank out of sight. Then he built a raft but that sank, too.
“Those ideas didn't work, but I’ll keep trying,” he said. He toiled all day, but with no success. When it got dark he went to sleep, trusting the answer would be clearer in the morning.
By contrast, Hamish had a lazy day leading his sheep through the forest. When night fell, he lay down to sleep under a tree, full of confidence. “I’ll show Dougal,” he said.
In the forest, a gang of sheep rustlers led by Fingers the wolf had followed Hamish’s progress all day. In the dead of night Fingers, and his two mean-looking foxes, spirited away the sheep to their den. “We’ll get a fine price for these sheep,” Fingers said.
Down by the river, the morning sun woke Dougal. “Got it!” he suddenly exclaimed. He climbed up to a tall tree and began chopping at its base with his axe. The tree fell right across the river forming a bridge for the sheep to cross.
In the forest Hamish woke to find all his sheep had gone. He searched and searched, but could find no trace of them. “I’ve let everyone down,” he thought sadly as he began his long, lonely walk home. “And we badly needed the money.”
Two days later Dougal arrived at the market and sold his sheep for a handsome profit. When he arrived home, his parents and Hamish were waiting to welcome him. Hamish looked so forlorn his father gave him a hug. “The most important thing is that we’re all safe and together again, but I hope you’ve learned a lesson,” said Mr Woolly to Hamish. “There are no shortcuts. Success takes hard work.”
The easiest solution to a problem isn’t always the best one — it can take a lot of effort and hard thinking to reach your goals. Help yourself by following advice from more experienced people.
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