Table of contents hide 1 Buddhist stories, a way of transferring wisdom 2 Buddhist stories. The problem. A story that illuminates 3 What teaching gives us this Buddhist tale 4 Overcoming mishaps with Buddha's philosophy

Buddha, in his immense wisdom, was aware that in order to explain the complex vicissitudes of life, a fable was preferable to a long and difficult explanation. That is why I created a series of interesting Buddhist tales, such as this one that we tell you today: The Problem .

Buddhist tales, a way to pass on wisdom

Since then, the great teachers who have continued to preach the magnificent Buddhist teachings to their disciples have used these Buddhist tales so that they can understand and in turn transmit the complex life lessons and the complicated messages that help to apply them.

Of course, always like Buddha, they have proceeded to tell the fables without providing an explanation in this regard, so that each person who hears them obtains their own conclusions and teachings. For this reason, on one occasion a group of disciples were meeting with their teacher, they asked him the reason why he told them numerous stories that he never explained later. The teacher's answer left no room for doubt, he answered them in turn with the following question: "Would you like me to give you a fruit already chewed ?"

This is the best part of Buddhist tales. That each person to whom it is transmitted can obtain the teaching that is most useful in every moment of his life, and can even extract several throughout his life, since when we mature and evolve, our perspective changes, Like the different situations in which we find ourselves.

modern Buddhist music - spiritual leisure

Another advantage of the fables is that they do not involve a direct teaching that can be misunderstood as an attack on the person who receives it or that generates frustration because they do not understand it or do not know how to apply it . The mind is not always open to learn everything, sometimes we are not prepared for complexity and use defense mechanisms against what we do not understand. On the other hand, through stories we overcome these mental barriers, since they are easier to understand, they are free and each one draws its own conclusions, since they are not so direct.

For this reason Buddha left a large selection of them. Today we are going to focus on a particular one that is especially illuminating and is a great life lesson that we can apply at every moment of it to be happier, change the way we see things and free ourselves from certain ballasts that we almost always drag Not knowing how to focus or understand things.

Buddhist tales The problem. A fable that illuminates

“A great teacher and a guardian shared the administration of a Zen monastery. One day the guard died and had to be replaced. The great teacher gathered all his disciples, to choose who would have that honor.

- "I will present a problem, " he said. "He who resolves it first will be the new guardian of the temple."

He brought a bench to the center of the room, put on it a huge and beautiful porcelain vase with a beautiful red rose and said:

- "This is the problem"

The disciples looked perplexed at what they saw: the sophisticated and rare designs of porcelain, the freshness and elegance of the flower ... What did that represent? What to do? What was the puzzle? Everyone was paralyzed.

After a few minutes, a student got up, looked at the teacher and the other disciples, walked towards the vase with determination, threw it on the ground and broke it.

- “You are the new guardian, ” said the great teacher, and explained: “I was very clear, I told them they were facing a problem. No matter how beautiful and fascinating they are, the problems have to be solved. ”

What teaching this Buddhist tale gives us

As we have said before, the good thing about these fables is that each person is a world and is going through a particular moment and situation, so the teaching that you will get and apply will differ from another person in other circumstances, another age, others values, etc.

Although in broad strokes and generalizing, we can try to draw the odd conclusion in this regard that can help anyone who reads it.

We really believe that one of the teachings that Buddha intends to leave us with this story, is that no matter what the problem is, there will always be because life is like that, the important thing is how we treat that bump in the road.

Sometimes it happens like the beautiful vase and the pretty flower . We find it so beautiful and special that we want to take care of it and we don't realize that it is hurting us greatly because of its beauty and delicacy. Since basically it is something harmful, that is, a problem.

Overcoming mishaps with Buddha's philosophy

When a mishap appears to us in life, it must be eliminated from our existence, because the only thing that will bring us are negative consequences. It does not matter if it is a man or a woman who seems to be great, a love that we think was special, a friendship that we believe is magnificent, a material good that we consider is wonderful, or a job that we think is unique. If it is generating bad energies, restlessness, restlessness, sadness, decreased self-confidence, low self-esteem, etc., it means that we must remove it from our lives at the root because it does not give us any good and yes much bad, so that we will not be able to advance and evolve in our life.

There are a large number of people who become fond of problems or do not see them and spend their entire lives dragging them with them living unhappy, dissatisfied and uneasy, since they occupy a large space in our mind that It is clearly useless, since we need this space to fill it with fruitful experiences that bring happiness and good experiences with which to have a full and satisfying life.

In fact, even a Chinese proverb of antiquity says the following: So that you can drink wine in a glass that is full of T, it is necessary first to throw the tea, and Then you can serve and drink the wine .

This means that you should not keep the problem because it will limit and inhibit you both in the present and in the future and will not allow you to evolve until you achieve something better for you and therefore for yours.

We must not contemplate and turn around the problems, and above all we must not victimize and compare ourselves with others to excel in triumphing over them in misfortunes . This is the only thing we will do is that we never solve anything given that instead of adopting an active role in life, what we do is assume a completely passive one in which we recreate ourselves in our victimhood and sorrows, so that We never move forward because we fall into a deep inaction that blocks us forever.

We must try to find the perfect balance between the reflection we make of the fact and the step to action, although it seems difficult it is not impossible. It's not about making deaf ears and closing your eyes to reality. The problem exists and it is there. That is why we must find a solution, put it into practice and not spin it indefinitely .

You know, if you have any vase with flowers that is a problem in your life, take it out of the way and move towards your happiness. Thus they speak the Buddhist stories.