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Thousands of aspirants applied to The Monastery each year for admission as a monk. Very few of them made it. Just one or two were admitted each year as monks. This morning, three final candidates were...

This morning, Sensei introduced a rather unusual guest to the monks. He was a tall, frail, thin man in a white, monkish costume. Sensei called him Fever Monk! Fever Monk bowed to everyone and said, &#...

This morning after breakfast, Head Monk requested the monks to assemble in the examination room that was behind the main meditation hall. The examination room had rows of benches that seated two monks...

This is the chat that Inquisitive Monk had with Wishful Monk in the Monastery breakfast room this morning. Everyone was present. Inquisitive Monk: “You are a monk and yet wishful?” Wishful...

Once, Sensei sealed an envelope addressed to the Priest of a nearby temple and asked one of the monks of the Monastery to hand deliver the envelope to the Priest. The monk set out very early in the mo...

An old disciple of Sensei’s and his son visited The Monastery. The old man was in the elevator business and had fitted his elevators in many of the famous buildings of the country. The old man b...

Sensei planned a long, ten thousand mile road trip with Eager Monk and Ego Monk. The idea was to travel across many cities, meet many people, bless, guide and help followers & seekers. The trip wa...

Last evening just after sunset, Sensei told the monks, “Please go into to the forest behind the southern wall of the Monastery. I have lost a golden idol there and I want you to find it.” Just as the ...

A few months ago, my wife Chhavi presented me “Synchrodestiny” by Deepak Chopra. That book impacted me a lot and this story really remained stuck in my head: Yesterday, my wife and I both bought our n...

This morning, the town Postman visited the Monastery along with his pet goldfish. After morning meditation, the Postman went to Sensei, bowed to him and he placed his goldfish that was swimming in a b...