He said, "For and find out for yourselves". To guide them he drew a map of the river. They pounced upon the map. They farmed it in their Town Hall. They made copies of it for themselves. And all who had a copy considered themselves experts on the river, but did they know its every turn and bend, how broad it was, how deep, where the rapids were and where the falls?

- The Buddha said that his teachings were to be tried out in life. It was a practical way to overcome suffering and to find true happiness. He taught people how to believe what he told them just because he said it, but to test his teachings in their own experience and follow it if it proved true. "It is often said that the Buddha's teaching is only a raft to help you cross the river, a finger pointing to the moon. Don't mistake the finger for the moon. The r

"What are they doing?" asked the children. "Oh. All the one in the front knows how to do is to make plans and to worry about he future. All the one in the back knows how to do is to look behind him, to like in the past and regret everything he has done."

The Buddha said, "Gotami, you have learned a great deal today. Suffering and death must come to everyone sooner or later. But if you can learn the truth you can live and die in happiness. Come I shall teach you." And so he taught her, and soon she found more peace that she had every known before.

A monk on his travels once found a precious stone and kept it. One day he met a traveler, and when the monk opened his bag to share his food with him, the traveler saw the jewel and asked the monk to give it to him. The monk did so happily. The traveler went on his way overjoyed. The precious jewel would give him enough wealth and security for the rest of his life. However, a few days later he came back in search of the stone, found him and gave back the stone. He begged the monk, "Now give me something much more precious than this stone, valuable as it is. Give me that which made you able to give it to me."

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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)