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An art collector traveled to a village. He saw a cat drinking milk from an old antique saucer outside a small tea shop. The art collector recognized the value of the saucer and wished to buy it. He approached the shop owner and asked him, ‘Sir, can I buy this cat for two dollars?’ The shop owner refused saying he didn’t want to sell the cat. The art collector said, ‘I want a cat because my house is haunted by mice. Please sell the cat to me. I am ready to pay ten dollars. The shop owner said, ‘Fine, sold! Have it!’ Now the art collector said, ‘I will take the cat but can you give me the saucer also? Then I don’t have to buy a new saucer. The cat will be happy since she is already trained for this saucer. Why don’t you give me the saucer too?’ The shop owner said, ‘No! That’s my lucky saucer. Only because of that I have sold sixty eight cats in the last one week!’ The art collector wanted to get the saucer but got only the cat. Similarly do we sometime miss what has to be really experie

A song by Poet Bharati with English translation (1)Nirpathuve nadapathuve parapathuve, neengalellam soppanam thaano, pala thotra mayakangalo, நிற்பதுவே நடப்பதுவே பறப்பதுவே நிற்பதுவே நடப்பதுவே பறப்பதுவே நிற்பதுவே நடப்பதுவே பறப்பதுவே நீங்களெல்லாம்  சொற்பனந்தானோ?  what ever I perceive as standing (still), walking and flying around me, are all of these just my dreams? are they mere illusions that my thoughts make me beleive of this world? (2)karpadhuve ketpadhuve karudhuvadhe, neengalellam arpa maayaygalo, ummul aalndha porul illaiyo, கற்பதுவே கேட்பதுவே கருதுவதே நீங்களெல்லாம்  அற்ப மாயைகளோ? உம்முள் ஆழ்ந்த பொருளில்லையோ? what ever I learn, I hear , I imagine, are all these petty illusions? all these thing do not have a deeper meaning/significance? (3)vaanakame ilaveyile maracharive, neengalellam kaanalin neero, verum kaatchi pilai thaano, வானகமே இளவெயிலே மரச்செறிவே வானகமே இளவெயிலே மரச்செறிவே நீங்களெல்லாம்  கானலின் நீரோ? வெறும் காட்சிப் பிழைதானோ?  The sky, the first rays of sunlight, the tree

A master asked his disciples: ‘Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?’ The disciples thought for a while, and one of them said ‘Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.’ ‘But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you? ‘Isn’t it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you’re angry?’ The disciples gave him some other answers but none satisfied the master. Finally he explained: ‘When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.’ Then the master asked: ‘What happens when two people fall in love?  They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close.  The distance between them is very small…’ And he concluded:\ ‘When they love each other even more, what happe