Tag: dharma

  • This Being Good in a Bad World

    This Being Good in a Bad World

    Have you ever been told: Often, we know what the right thing to do is — but we hesitate. Social pressures, financial constraints, or personal struggles hold us back. At such times, the parable of the parrot in the forest fire offers a powerful reminder. The Forest Fire In the Jataka tales, there is a…

  • Ekudana the Arahat: One stanza of wisdom

    Ekudana the Arahat: One stanza of wisdom

    In a grove near the ancient city of Savatthi, there lived a monk named Ekudana. He was an arahat—a term in the Buddhist tradition used to refer to enlightened beings who have achieved freedom from worldly desires and suffering. There was a special reason why he was known as Ekudana (Ek-Udana): he knew only one…