Healing Over Answers: Life Lessons from The Story of the Poisoned Arrow
*In the tale of the Poisoned Arrow*, self-inflicted delay is one element of the plot. In the Buddhist tale "The Poisoned Arrow," a man carries an injured arrow wound through action by others during a fierce fight. He is flailing in pain and near death, but then comes upon a healer who starts to remove the arrow and then treat his injuries. But before the healer can go on, the man interrupts, starting with an array of questions. The Questions That Stand In The Way Of Healing. He asks at once who shot him, urgently, and for what reasons.
Lessons on Contentment and Self-Worth from The Dog and His Reflection
A dog once discovered a juiced bone. Enthusiastic with his gift, he held it firmly in his teeth and skipped off, savoring it quietly. On his way he passed a little bridge across a quiet pond. He looked down and found his reflection in the water below, but he didn’t know it was just a reflection. Instead, he thought of it as one more dog with a bigger, juicier bone. Greedy enough, the dog decided he also wanted that other bone. Attempting to scare him off and clutch his bone, he opened his mouth to bark at the “other
