Author: The Sabad Project
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Beyond our efforts – The Half-baked bricks
Here is a story about a brick maker who went through a similar cycle. The story ends with an insight that offers hope in difficult circumstances. The brick maker Bhai Buddhu was a brick maker living in what was then Lahore, in undivided India. He had been struggling for some time. A devout Sikh of…
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What is in your hands
Have you noticed how someone else’s negative behaviour can affect us? When we experience something hurtful, disrespectful, or unpleasant, it can impact not just that moment, but also how we feel for the rest of the day – and how we respond to others. Often, it slips into a pattern:You shout, I shout louder.You are…
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Sri Hanuman and the Smallest Service
What happens when we make a genuine effort, but still meet with resistance or disappointment? The situation does not support us. Sometimes our contribution goes unnoticed. Or we are simply unable to bring something to completion despite our best intentions. In such moments, it is easy to feel discouraged. We begin to wonder whether our…
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The Inheritance | A Father’s Advice
Sometimes life feels like a struggle. Circumstances may not seem in our favor. Relationship knots seem hard to unravel. The support we look for doesn’t arrive. And we begin to wonder whether we have the strength to keep going. Thich Nhat Hanh shares a story about a rich man’s son that offers us some insights…
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This Too Is a Blessing
What do you do when your efforts do not materialize into results?Or when life suddenly places you in difficult circumstances? In such moments, the mind easily fills with worry, frustration, or disappointment. We ask: Why did this happen to me? Yet wisdom traditions often remind us that life’s gifts often come in unexpected wrappings. Here…
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When You Face Injustice — Holding Your Center
What do you do when you try to live by the rules of being a good human being — and then encounter someone who has no such concern?When you face harm, manipulation, cheating, or injustice. The person before you may have far greater strength, wealth, or power. Does it make you wonder whether such acts…
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Class dismissed | The Power of Words
Our success and happiness depend on our actions. But does it really matter what we believe or say in our head? Aren’t they just words? The following gatha offers an insight that can be life-changing. The Teacher Who Never Fell Sick There was once a teacher in charge of a class of thirty children. He…
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Can Kindness Become Weakness? | The Snake Who Stopped Biting
On the path of becoming a better person, we learn to live in harmony with others.We work on our anger, aggression, and impulses—so that we do not harm those around us. But what happens when our goodness is taken advantage of?When softness is seen as weakness?When kindness becomes an invitation for others to hurt us?…
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When We Feel Overwhelmed by Our Troubles – Socrates at the Beach
What do you do when you are faced with a problem that feels too big for you? It could be something at work, at home, or something within your own mind or body. At such times, we may feel as though life is asking more of us than we can hold. A short story attributed…
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