These Parables were narrated so that everyone reading them may experience the presence of God and open oneself to the true life in Him — in His Beauty, Harmony, and Love!

Parables of Lao Tse

        These parables are written from the words of Lao Tse and relate how He learnt from Great Huang Di.
        The steps of the spiritual Path that permit to cognize Tao and Te are described here in parable style.

        Foreword
        ● The First Parable: Let the Ant Pass!
        ● The Second Parable: Build the Heavenly Palace in Your Spiritual Heart!
        ● The Third Parable: Listen to the Revelations of the Great Silence!
        ● The Fourth Parable: Look over the Horizon!
        ● The Fifth Parable: Huang Di — the Great Emperor of the Under-Heavenly World
        ● The Sixth Parable: Find the Treasure!
        ● The Seventh Parable: Trials Will not Cease until the Very End of the Path
        ● The Eight Parable: Huang Di’s Lessons of Healing
        ● The Ninth Parable: Pearls of Wisdom are the Seeds that Can Give Seedlings
        ● The Tenth Parable: About Pride, Humility, and Ability to Dis-solve and Merger with Tao
        ● The Eleventh Parable: Lessons in Attainment of Immortality
        ● The Twelve Parable: The Birth of the Immortal Lao Tse
        Conclusion

LAO TSE

        ● Treatise on Virtue
        ● Treatise on Health of Body and Soul

HUANG DI

        ● Treatise on the Power of Calm, Love, and Achieving Immortality

HAN

        ● Parable on Power and Love

HUANG

MAHAVIRA

LIN

        ● How to Take in Beauty Along with Me

PHILIP THE APOSTLE

MARY MAGDALENE

        ● Parable of the Stone

AVALOKITESHVARA

        How it is simple to live, following the Path of inner peace and fulfilling only acts of Good!
        True Buddhism is to carry in oneself the purity, calm, and peace.
        Nirvana — wherein one is completely dissolved in God. This One has no other life, but the life of God!
        A Life of God is Love and Care for all beings: their development and perfecting.
        My Teachings of Bodhisattvas was exactly this.
        I’ll talk on this Path in short parables.
        I hope that My Love, expressed in the moment in the style of laconic wisdom, will cover a large number of people who have the patience to read or hear My thoughts.
        Let My words, as a bell in clear air, help to awaken from sleep those souls who are ready for it!

        ● On Reaching Nirvana
               Parable of Patience
               Parable of Small and Large
               Parable of Doubts
               Parable on the Help from the Master
               Parable on Conceit
               Parable on the Victories and Defeats
               Parable on the Wisdom
               Parable on the Past, Present and Future
               Parable on Rock and Avalanche
               Parable on Molestation
               Parable on Ability to Listen and Speak
               Parable on How to Lose Weight
               Parable on Sufferings of Mankind
               Parable on the Non-Action

SUFI

        These parables are about how you can master heart love and, by overcoming your vices, become pure, kind, strong, and wise. Each parable allows you to touch the spiritual knowledge of the Masters, Who share with us the richness and beauty of the great art of the transformation of the souls. The parables that are presented in this book were compiled and narrated by Sufy and Sulia.

        ● Parable about the Master Casting no Shadows
        ● Parable about Good and Evil
        ● Parable about the Sight of the Master
        ● Parable about How to Learn True Love
        ● Parable about Offense, Forgiveness, and the Purification of the Soul
        ● Parable about Variants of Teachings on One Truth
        ● Parable about the Sufi Path and the Life in the Embrace of Allah

NGOMO

Parables about the Elder Zosima

        This collection contains autobiographical parables of one of the Divine Teachers, also known as Ngomo. These parables tell us about the best that existed in the history of the Russian Christian monasticism.


Heiress of the Elder Zosima

        Here is the story of the life of Zosia, a disciple of the elder Zosima, told by the Divine Teacher Ngomo. The story is filled with the knowledge that was received from the elder Zosima by Zosia herself and the novice Nicholas, who later, as a monk, was called fr. Alexander.

        ● Departure to the Capital >>>
        ● Exam
        ● Reconciliation of Victor  with His Family
        ● On the Seashore
        ● Words of the Elder Zosima About the Art of Healing
        ● Clinic Practice
        ● Responsibility to God
        ● Olga

KAYR

About the Path and Travelers

        Many lives I had to live to overcome the entire Path. And not everything in them was smooth. But both achievements and mistakes — they taught the main thing: I have managed to achieve the fullness of Mergence with the Creator — and this is the greatest Victory! It is called Nirvana, the fullness of Enlightenment or Self-Realization.
        However the development of even Divine Souls continues endlessly. All We continue to improve Ourselves now.

        ● How to Take Our Lives in Our Own Hands >>>  
        ● On the Commandments of God and Purification of Souls   
        ● On Desires and Happiness   
        ● How to Choose Master — and Doubts   
        ● On the Value of Time >>>  
        ● Sculptor   
        ● On Disputes   
        ● On the Ups and Downs   

Legend of Rada and Alexey

        This legend is about the aspiration of the soul to God and about what hinders and what helps on the spiritual Path.
        The heroes of this story are not fictional. Rather here is described the true story of the lives of the spiritual Devotees — Rada and Alexey, Who have attained the Divinity. The story of Their spiritual growth and Their Service to God was told by Them.
        The written methods of spiritual work, representing the tradition of hesychasm, can be successfully used in our time.

        PART ONE   
            ● Chapter One:  The Exile   
            ● Chapter Two:  Elder Nicholas   
            ● Chapter Three:  A Soul Is Healed In Humility  
            ● Chapter Four:  Old Believers   
            ● Chapter Five: On Indestructible Faith and  Destructible Faith   
            ● Chapter Six: Robbers   
            ● Chapter Seven: Life without the Elder Nicholas   
            ● Chapter Eight:  Healing the Boy

        PART TWO  
            ● Chapter One: Childhood of Rada  
            ● Chapter Two:  Is There Really Death?  
            ● Chapter Three: Lessons from Head Blagoslav. Harmony between People — and God  
            ● Chapter Four: Veliyar’s Departure from the Community  
            ● Chapter Five: Conversations with Radomir  
            ● Chapter Six: Meeting with Alexey  
            ● Chapter Seven: New Meeting  
            ● Chapter Eight: In the Community  
            ● Chapter Nine: Training from Rada   
            ● Chapter Ten: Jesus
            ● Chapter Eleven: Earthly Love and Divine Love

        PART THREE            
            ● Chapter One: New House  
            ● Chapter Two: On Discernment, on the Power of a Soul, and on the Temptations of Pride  
            ● Chapter Three: The Healing of Rodion  
            ● Chapter Four: Joint Meditation  
            ● Chapter Five: The Living Earth  
            ● Chapter Six: Freedom from the Body  
            ● Chapter Seven: Religious Rituals  
            ● Chapter Eight: Parting  
            ● Chapter Nine: Road to the Capital  
            ● Chapter Ten: Meeting with the Tsar  
            ● Chapter Eleven: The Departure of Blagoslav  
            ● Chapter Twelve: The Divine Heritage  
            RECOMMENDED LITERATURE   

The Gospel of Martha
        
   This Gospel is narrated by Martha, one of those Disciples of Jesus Christ who have attained the Divinity.
       
        ● Chapter 1. The First Meeting with Jesus >>>  
        ● Chapter 2. Caring for the “Earthly” and Striving for the Divine   
        ● Chapter 3. Healing Souls and Bodies   
        ● Chapter 4. The Resurrection of Lazarus   
        ● Chapter 5. On Spiritual Work and  Inner Silence
        ● Chapter 6. Traveling with Jesus for the First Time   
        ● Chapter 7. One Must Cultivate Love and Purity in Oneself!
        ● Chapter 8. Andrew’s Lessons

A Book about Master Jesus. 
The Gospel of Andrew the Apostle

        There is an amazing opportunity given by God to the human soul, namely, the opportunity to feel God, to know God, to merge with God, to become One with Him!

        ● Foreword  >>> 
        ● Conversation with Jesus and Andrew the Apostle about the Significance of Writing This Book
        ● Chapter 1. John the Baptist
        ● Chapter 2. Baptism 
        ● Chapter 3. The Calling
 
TALES OF KINDNESS

        The fairy tales from this collection will be interesting and useful for both children and adults. They are perfect for family reading.
        These stories can help thoughtful readers and listeners to find answers to the following questions: what is kindness, how can we fight against evil, what is real magic, and do we have this magic in our daily life?
        May this book give you reference points for making correct decisions in diverse life situations.
        We wish that our readers walk through life by the road of Kindness and Love, that they grow as souls, and that they learn wisdom!

        ● The Tale of the Boy Who Could Do Magic
        ● The Tale of Matryonushka
        ● A Story of True Magic
        
FAIRY TALES OF GRANDPA VANYA 
DIVINE TALES OF SLAVIC LANDS >>>

FAKIR. THE SCIENCE OF MIRACLES >>>
        ● Chapter One: Circus of Mr. Lurie
        ● Chapter Two: Clown Tom   
        ● Chapter Three: Among the Aerial Gymnasts   
        ● Chapter Four: Holiday of Good Deeds   
        ● Chapter Five: Appearance of Fakir   
        ● Chapter Six: Katya and Ram   
        ● Chapter Seven: About Love for People and God
        ● Chapter Eight: Principles of Life Established for Us by God   
        ● Chapter Nine: On Patanjali’s Commandments   
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HUANG:
Parable about Master Heavenly Heart

The path of a thousand miles
 begins with a single step.
Lao Tse

        There was a master. He was called Master Heavenly Heart. He was called so because His spiritual heart was connected with the Infinite Tao and opened for the worthy — the gate to the Abode of Tao.
        When He walked — Tao was with Him and in Him.
        When He stopped — the pass into the Infinite Tao opened in the place where He stood.
        When He was thinking — Te were there and illuminated His thoughts.
        When He submerged Himself into the calm — He dissolved and disappeared in the infinite Ocean of Tao.
        When He acted — the Great Te directed His actions, and Primordial Tao gave Him the power to fulfill them.
        It was so with any activity in which He participated. And He did not waste His thoughts but rather kept the peace and silence in the mind — so as not to interfere unnecessarily into what was already done. Yet if He participated in the creation and implementation of any plan — there was no force that could stop this plan from being realized.
        A sage sees all the connections between things and events in their unity and from the Calm of Tao. And He acts only when Tao prompts Him to act.
        Such was Master Heavenly Heart.
        I say “was”, following the custom of people to name as “existing” only that which takes place in the material world, and as “non-existing” what is not dressed in the material cover.
        But to be honest, everything should be called vice versa.
        The Immortal Masters live on the other side of the things and phenomena of the dense material world. But this does not mean that They do not exist.
        They may have bodies or may not have them; it does not affect Their awareness of Their existence and Their ability to act anywhere as needed.
        Master Heavenly Heart is one of the Immortals. Therefore, He is always everywhere.
        He comes to those who really need this and are ready to learn from the Immortal Masters.
        At the same time, He always lives where things and phenomena of the material world do not have power and where vanity and worldly desires cannot perturb peace.
        Where is such a place? It is in the Infinity of Tao!
        Even now it is possible to hear the stories about His great and small deeds. These stories about wisdom remain in the world, where ignorance and disorder reign. They help those who travel from this world to the cognition of Tao.
* * *
        A young man was looking for a Master Who could help him understand the meaning of human existence on the Earth and cognize the mysteries of Tao.
        He heard about the Master Heavenly Heart and decided to find out whether what was said about Him was true or not.
        And it was said the following: “He is never in a hurry and never rushes anywhere. He stays all His life in one place but knows everything about everything. He is everywhere and acts only when Tao orders Him. He walks, remaining motionless inside. He speaks, maintaining inner silence. His peace is transparent, and this allows the Greatness of Tao to be manifested through Him.”
        The young man found a modest dwelling place of Master Heavenly Heart.
        He saw the Master sitting near a lotus pond and being submerged into the Unity with Tao.
        The young man did not have the ability to see Tao and Te, so he decided to make sure that the true Master was in front of him.
        He came up to the Master and asked Him:
        “Master, can You be wrong?”
        “What do you want Me to say in response?
        “If I say: ‘No, I’m never wrong!’ — then you will… worship My words and My body instead of working yourself to achieve the Mergence with Tao.
        “If I say: ‘Yes, I can make a mistake’ — you will torment yourself with doubts about what I could teach you and about My knowledge of Tao — and then you will go to look for another master.
        “Yet I will answer to you the following: ‘If Tao wishes, I can make a mistake. But it will be that mistake with which Tao will fulfill Its plan.’
        “Is it enough for you?
        “In order to cognize the Primordial Source of everything, Great Tao, — your aspiration for Tao is needed, and not miraculous properties of a master! Your success depends on your personal efforts! Even the Greatest of the Immortals cannot make a disciple Enlightened! You yourself should work, transforming your essence!
        “First of all, you need to master the peace of mind, submerging it into the spiritual heart. Then you will live without being tormented by the crowd of thoughts; you will not be burdened by many things, and a series of the mundane events will not involve you overly, nor enslave you!
        “Clear the space for Tao in your spiritual heart! This will be the start of the creation and growth of the Heavenly Heart!
        “The one who has mastered the peace of mind and become the love that originates in the spiritual heart — obtains the first achievement: the vanity of thoughts doesn’t overcome this person, wild outburst of desires doesn’t affect, and love for all creatures and Tao leads this seeker through life.
        “If you want, tomorrow we can go to the mountains to start learning…”
        “Master, why do we need to go to the mountains if you possess the power of Tao and Te and can move the mountains right here?”
        “I wouldn’t like to bother other creatures by moving mountains because of your insignificant desire to see a miracle or because of your laziness which prevents you from making personal efforts.
        “There is an easier way: we can begin to move our bodies to those mountains.
        “We will set off, and every day you will see how the mountains become nearer, and how the distance, which separates us from them, reduces.
        “This is the same with the Spiritual Path: no matter how great is the Master, His disciples themselves must traverse the road! Many times I passed this Path next to My disciples; I won’t give Myself the trouble to pass it again with you.
        “The Enlightenment is not a gift from a Master to a disciple. The disciples should gain wisdom, love and power on the Path to Tao through their intense work and indomitable courage.
        “Learn to work diligently and recapitulate what was already done! String the pearls of wisdom, given to you, on the thread that connects them!
        “All that you will master on this Path may become your property only if you learn to use this wisdom in the life of your body and soul.”

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HUANG:
Parable about Passing Through Walls


“The life and development of the Subtlest* are
eternal and infinite.
It is the Deepest Base of everything.
On It the material world exists.
It acts without violence.
… The gate from the world of matter to the hidden
world is open when one stays in calm.
Understanding of this truth comes in non-doing.
… By strictly following the primordial Path of
transformation of oneself as a consciousness,
one can cognize the Eternal Origin.
This Path is the Path to Tao.”

Lao Tse — Tao Te Ching (6,10,14)

        A boy Wen worked as an apprentice of a potter. He was an orphan.
        He, supposedly, should be glad about the kind of work he had, about everyday food he received, even though it was poor, and about a roof over his head…
        But Wen did not like this monotonous life: he did not like to make the same pots and bowls every day from morning to night.
        He was doing it well, he was trying his best, but dreamt about another thing…
        He wanted to be a disciple of a Master of Tao, and not of a potter!
        He wanted to leave that small world of the workshop with high clay walls, which separated him from the rest of the world! He wanted to break free from the monotonous circle of life!…
        … Once the potter caught Wen doing something strange. The boy molded a human figure out of clay, dried it a little, then submerged it into the water — and it disappeared…
        “If I too could disappear, if I could dissolve and become invisible — I would run away from that place and found a Master of Tao,” — thought Wen.
        In these dreams, he was found by his owner. And the punishment, of course, was not long in coming.
        The potter was beating Wen with a bamboo stick and became more and more exasperated by the fact that the stubborn boy was not asking for mercy…
        And Wen, trying to hold back his moans, was imagining that his body… would dissolve, disappear now in the air in front of the amazed potter… He knew that the Immortal Masters of Tao could do this: They disappeared and then reappeared elsewhere!…
        At that time, a man appeared in the yard. About how he passed through a well locked solid door or through high clay walls around the workshop, and got inside — the angry potter and Wen speculated much later…
        It was Master Heavenly Heart. He said:
        “Let this boy go with Me! I’ll pay you the price that you will name.”
        “… Uh… He is a very good worker and I appreciate him,” — the potter started.
        He stopped punishing Wen and began to think frantically about how much money he could ask from the strange traveler. He increased the highest price ten times, expecting haggling, and called it out… For his total surprise, the visitor calmly laid out the named quantity.
        From that moment, Master Heavenly Heart no longer paid any attention to the agitated potter, as if he did not exist, and talked with the boy only:
        “Pack up your things, Wen!” — He said. — “You wanted to learn what the Immortal Masters of Tao know. If you go with Me, I’ll show you the way to the Abode of Tao.”
        … Everything had happened so fast that Wen did not have time to wonder that the unusual Traveler knew his name… He hastily packed up his meager belongings.
        Wen was still a bit afraid that this miracle was only a dream and that he would wake up soon and open his eyes… before a potter’s wheel…
        But Master Heavenly Heart was real!
        So Wen set off with Him.
        Thus he became a disciple of Master Heavenly Heart.
* * *
        Many years passed. Wen’s new life as a disciple of Master Heavenly Heart was not easy, but it gave him incredible happiness of deeper and deeper cognition of Tao and Te!
        … Once Master Heavenly Heart talked with His disciples who had been cognizing under His leadership the Radiance of Te and the Infinity of Tao for many years.
        That time He was explaining to them about the death of the body, and the disciples were listening to Him attentively:
        “Those who never think about the moment when they leave their bodies forever — may found themselves confused, especially if they leave their bodies unexpectedly and under adverse circumstances.
        “You’ve already known that souls continue to exist after the separation from their bodies.
        “When the soul is dressed in its body, people are used to calling this life. When the soul leaves its body forever, they call this death…
        “But when we put on our usual clothes — we are not less or more alive than when we take them off…
        “Souls without their former bodies continue to exist in the state to which they were accustomed while living in their bodies. That is, they find themselves among the souls similar to them in the worlds of corresponding coarseness or subtlety. Coarse and evil souls live among those who hate and do violence. On the contrary, gentle and tender souls live in the abode of peace and caress…
        “Those Who have learned to live permanently in the Mergence with Te — acquire Oneness with Te.
        “And Those Who have consolidated themselves in the Mergence with Tao — obtain the Highest Abode of All the Perfect Ones.
        “In youth, it seems to us that we have an infinite quantity of time ahead… Thoughts about life and death usually visit us at the end of our earthly travel. But it’s not wise! In old age, a person almost has neither time nor energy for spiritual attainments! Therefore, it makes sense for us to be always ready for the transition.
        “With the loss of the body, a soul loses its ability to change itself. That is why, every moment of life in the body should not be wasted!
        “For Those Who have cognized Tao — the death of Their bodies is not something terrifying! It does not take away Their achievements and wisdom!
        “Thus the Perfect Ones, Who have flowed into Tao, leave the material world.
        “The one who has cognized the Infinity of Tao — can accustom himself or herself to the life in the Mergence with Tao. In this case, this person will feel no fear when the time to leave the body comes. Having left the body, He or She will submerge into the Bliss of Tao!
        “All of you have already started learning to enter the Mergence with Tao. And you know that Tao is endless and omnipresent.
        “This is a great achievement to live in the stable Mergence with Tao.
        “How to master this? You can, for example, in meditation, perceive Tao as the Infinite Wall behind the anahata of your material body. And you can lean against this Wall, merge with it, and disappear in it.
        “To achieve this, you, as souls, need to have the same level of subtlety as Tao.
        “Moreover, since Tao is omnipresent, this Endless Wall is right here…”
        Master Heavenly Heart leaned against the invisible Wall consisting of Peace of Tao and having no boundaries on the left, on the right, above and below… With the movement of the Arms of the Soul, He entered the Mergence.
        Now the body of Master Heavenly Heart was filled with the Transparent Calm of Tao. His body became like a protrusion from the Infinity of Tao to the world of matter. It allowed the Master to be present simultaneously in both worlds: in the world of the Creator and in the world of the Creation.
        Having showed this exercise, Master summed up:
        “This is, more or less, how you can learn to live now. If you meet the death of your bodies in this state, this will mean that you haven’t learned from Me in vain!”
        … After a while, when the disciples, tired of the new exercise, were having a rest, Wen asked Master Heavenly Heart:
        “Will You teach us to pass through the material walls?”
        “People have invented many ways of creating and destroying different walls… They either build walls to protect themselves from the weather or attacks, or destroy those defensive walls which were created by others…
        “Today I’ve showed you the Greatest and Indestructible Wall of all walls!
        “And if you ever need to go through the material wall with the body, I will surely teach you to do this.
        “That Mergence which I showed you, you should learn to achieve not only while walking in meditation around the pond with lotuses, but also in any place. You should strengthen this Mergence and make it the habitual state in your life. Besides, you should to learn to submerge into this state immediately, including under adverse circumstances, although it will take much time to master this.
        “Only that one can unite himself or herself with the Great Power of Tao who has transformed everything within himself or herself into the Calm of Tao. For you, this is still a distant future. But remember that for those who have worked hard on this Path — nothing is impossible anymore!”
        And Master Heavenly Heart disappeared, having moved slightly His Arms of the Soul and stepped back into the Infinite Wall consisting of the transparent Peace of Tao.
        … And His disciples began to master the meditation shown to them.
* * *
        Years passed…
        Wen was a successful disciple.
        On the instructions of Master Heavenly Heart, he himself founded a small monastery in the north part of China and began to teach there what he had learned from his Master.
        That evening, Wen again recalled the lesson on the acceptance of the death of the body through the direct achievement of the Blissful Mergence with Tao. This filled his body with Great Peace…
        “But still what a pity that the Master did not teach us the ability to pass through the material walls,” — he thought. — “This would be very useful now!”
        The invasion of nomads swallowed their province, and the monastery was captured…
        Wen fondly looked at his young disciples. They were sleeping on the earth floor of a dungeon and were sure that he, Wen, would save them…
        A cruel leader of one of the detachments of the attackers decided to show to all the locals the strength of the new power. He wanted to show that his “gods” were “more powerful”. For this purpose, Wen and his disciples should be executed tomorrow in front of all people…
        Wen did not fear the death of his body. He was sure that he would be able to meet it as his Master taught him. But his disciples… They didn’t have enough time to master many things!…
        … Just five years ago, Wen had founded his small school. He had gathered there children-orphans left without parental care. He had become for them a strict father, a caring mother, and a wise teacher. He had taught them ethical principles, reading, writing, and the development of heart love for all beings. He also had taught them to make pottery. The lessons of the potter were not learned by Wen in vain. The ability to work hard and to do things needed for people had helped his little abode to always have the means of subsistence.
        But all that he could teach to his pupils was only the initial stages of the Path of the cognition of Tao. He did not have time for more.
        Wen again recalled the words of Master Heavenly Heart: “If you ever need to go through the material wall, then I’ll surely teach you to do this!”
        Wen even smiled at the brightness of the memories… It suddenly seemed to him that he was, as before, next to his Master…
        And, verily, Master Heavenly Heart filled all the space around with His Presence. And then His intangible Light became visible to Wen: thus the Immortals can manifest Themselves.
        “Yes, you’re right, it’s time to fulfill My promise!” — Master Heavenly Heart said.
        “There are several ways of passing through the material walls,” — He continued. — “Now it makes sense for you not only to penetrate the masonry with your bodies, but to be far away from this place.
        “Come here to Me. Do with Me what I’m going to show you…”
        … Wen repeated exactly the movements of consciousness, being in the Mergence with his Divine Master. His hands touched the prison walls…
        He suddenly saw the smiling Face of Master Heavenly Heart… on the other side of the wall… The corridor appeared between his hands and the Hands of Master Heavenly Heart…
        The disciples of Wen woke up:
        “Master Wen, why is it so bright? Is it morning already?”
        “Here is Master Heavenly Heart! Go to Him!…”
        The disciples saw Master Heavenly Heart and passed through the corridor opened by the Power of Tao. Wen passed last — and the passage closed up.
        They found themselves in another monastery — in the south of China.
        The Shining Light and Master Heavenly Heart disappeared.
        Han was coming joyfully to meet Wen and his disciples. He was one of the old friends of Master Heavenly Heart. Here, in the southern part of the country, there was a monastery created by Him.
* * *
        The next morning, Han found Wen near a house wall. He was trying to go through it, repeating the same sequence of yesterday’s movements. He tried to do everything exactly. But the difference was that there was not the smiling Face of Master Heavenly Heart on the other side of the wall!
        Wen repeated His attempts again and again until the laughter and the gentle voice of Han interrupted his efforts:
        “There is one small condition about which you forgot. This condition is the Will of Tao! The actions of this type can be fulfilled only in accordance with Its Great Will! Only under this condition, the unbelievable and impossible may take place!”
* * *
        The same morning in another part of the country, the guards found an unknown man in the prison instead of the monk Wen and his disciples.
        Because the other prisoners were absent, He was brought to the leader of the detachment to be executed.
        “Where are the others?” — the commander of the invaders asked the guards.
        “They are where you can’t find them!” — Master Heavenly Heart answered instead of them.
        “Who are you? And how dare you speak without my permission?” — without holding back his anger and indignation, the commander shouted.
        “I am the One Who knows how things are created from the formless and how they disappear in it. I am the Perceiver of the Will of Tao and Te. I have come here to stop this senseless cruelty!”
        “Well, then you are the one who will have to die!”
        “It is impossible!” — Master Heavenly Heart replied with a gentle smile. — “You can’t kill Me because I am Immortal!
        “However, you, as a soul, are immortal too, although you don’t understand this yet. This is why, you are the one who will die again and again as a body until the knowledge about the soul and the love for Tao becomes for you more important than the life filled with a thirst for power and material things!”
        … Having decided that a mad monk was before him, the leader did not want to listen anymore and gave the order to kill the prisoner. He was very annoyed by the fact that everything was not as he expected…
        Yet when the guards tried to execute Master Heavenly Heart, their weapons passed through His translucent body without causing Him any harm. The guards became horrified, and their leader felt his complete feebleness…
        Calmly smiling, Master Heavenly Heart said:
        “Never show your strength over the vanquished!
        “Cause no harm to innocent people!
        “And tell your superiors what you have seen and heard!
        “Fulfill all that I have said — and only then you will be able to live your life with dignity!”
* * *
        After this incident, the nomads, who seized the majority of China, did not cause harm to spiritual abodes anymore and honored the wisdom of Those Who cognized Tao.
        This continued even when those nomads later came to power in all of China.
        It happens that the one who is considered defeated may be stronger than the conquerors.
        The spiritual knowledge about Tao and Te remained in China and passed from one generation to another, from Masters to disciples.
        And always there were those who were willing to devote their lives to this cognition.
*  Tao.

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MAHAVIRA:
Parable about the Creator of the Crossing


        A boy Vir was sitting next to his grandfather and listening to his stories about ancient heroes.
        More than everything else, Vir loved this time, when they stayed alone together and his grandfather told Vir ancient legends and tales.
        “Tell me about the Creator of the Crossing!” — Vir asked. It was his favorite story. He had heard it many times, but again and again asked his grandfather to narrate it. It seemed to him that this story someday might become reality. And right here, to this room in their home, the Immortal Teacher would come and say: ‘Vir, now it’s your turn to become a Hero!’”
        Grandpa looked affectionately at his grandson:
        “You know this legend by heart! Well, never mind, listen:
        “Once upon a time, people and the Great Divine Immortals lived close together.
        “People sometimes asked the Immortals about what was needed for them — and the Immortals helped, fulfilling their petitions. It was so, because people asked Them about what they really needed. They did not disturb the Immortals with the fulfillment of their idle desires.
        “In those times, the Immortal Divine Teachers taught people to use fire, to write words with the help of letters, to treat diseases and so on.
        “But the most important thing that the immortals taught people was how to become like Them, that is, Loving, Wise, Omnipotent, and… Immortal.
        “And there were Those among people Who mastered this! They went then to live with Immortals, among Them!
        “But there were also people who only wanted to obtain the Great Divine super abilities. They also learned from the Immortal Masters. But they wanted to have the power and authority not for serving the Great Primordial Consciousness, Which has created everything, and not for helping other beings in their development, but for… controlling the processes in the world in accordance with their desires and for their own profit.
        “They did not understand the most important: the developed perfect Love is what allows the Immortal Masters to live in Unity with the infinite in time and space Great Ocean of the Primordial Consciousness. And only that Consciousness alone has the ability to create everything material in the universe and control it.
        “The Great Immortals saw the uncleanness of the intentions of those people and strove to help them to change. But the perverted minds of those people warped, so that they did not want to clear themselves from personal selfish desires. Using the power of consciousnesses, those people wanted, for their own profit, only to control other people. They, including, began praising themselves before people, saying that they alone could communicate with the Immortals and pass petitions of people to Them. And they called themselves priests.
        “Their influence on people became great. People began to seek advice and help only from them and not from the Immortals.
        “The power of those priests strengthened gradually. But they did not have the ability to perceive the Divine, because the Immortals do not cooperate with people who have egocentrism.
        “Many bad things were done by those priests to strengthen their own power and profits. But the saddest thing of all was that they replaced the real learning from the Divine Teachers with rituals…
        “Then the Immortals decided that They should not help people anymore, as They had done it before. Let people themselves be convinced of their own wrong choices on their own mistakes.
        “And the Perfect Immortals moved away from the material plan and separated the invisible Divine world from the material world, in which embodied mortals lived. The Immortals began living where sights of ordinary people could not penetrate.
        “From that moment the Immortal Teachers helped only kind and loving incarnate people. The rest were given to their own difficult destinies, which they themselves chose, allowing priests to lead their lives…
        “A lot of misery and suffering was in the material world where embodied people lived… And this encouraged some of them to start finding the way out of this situation.
        “… So, once a kind and strong young man decided to help those unhappy by all means! He intended to return the opportunity to communicate with the Divine Immortal Masters to those people! He wanted to find the way into the Abode of the Immortals, into the world of the Primordial Consciousness, so that all people could traverse after him this Path and obtain the highest happiness in the Abode of all the Perfect Ones!
        “His aspirations were so pure and sincere that the Divine Immortals sent the Divine Guide to meet him, since those who have not learned yet to see and orientate themselves in the subtle worlds can’t find the Path to this Abode on their own. And those who have not become like the Divine Immortals cannot enter there.
        “This Immortal Divine Guide was as old as the Earth itself. But His body was young and full of strength. He carried in Himself Love, Joy, and Peace — and radiated them to all directions. The Divine Light of the morning sun streamed from His body.
        “The young man asked the Immortal Guide to show him the Path to the Abode of the Perfect Ones so that he could open this Path to other people.
        “The Immortal asked the young man:
        ‘Do you agree to spend the rest of your life traversing this Path?’
        ‘Yes!’ — the young man answered.
        ‘Will you not become scared when you face difficulties that await everyone who dares to transform himself of herself from a usual man — into the Man-Hero, who gradually becomes Divine by the qualities of the soul?’
        ‘I will not be scared,’ — the young man answered. — ‘And even if the fear becomes too strong for me, I will remember about those unhappy for whom I decided to overcome this Path. I will find strength to overcome the fear!’
        ‘Will you not become proud, obtaining power and knowledge? Will you not want to control people instead of helping them?’
        ‘If I wanted to learn to control people, I would become a disciple of the priests instead of seeking the Path!’
        ‘You answer well! I’ll try to teach you!
        ‘First, you need to learn to be the soul consisting only of caring love! It is so, because the Divine subtlety can grow only from this state!
        ‘To traverse the entire Path to the attainment of Divinity, you should grow as the soul and reach an enormous size that allows containing inside yourself the whole Earth and much more!
        ‘And then you should learn to dissolve yourself completely in the Mergence with the Greatest Divine Power!’
        … For many years the young man had been mastering the stages of the Path under the guidance of the Immortal Master. He passed through many tests. His practice resulted in that transformation of the soul which allows penetrating into the subtlest worlds — up to the Abode of all the Perfect. He started learning to enter that sacred Abode where the Divine Consciousnesses live in the Great Unity, forming the Great Whole!
        And when his training was close to its end, he asked the Immortal Guide:
        ‘Now let me teach this Path to all people!’
        ‘Good! But before you go to people, build the crossing over that turbulent river!’ — the Immortal Guide said. — ‘I’ll wait for you on the opposite bank. Come to Me! And then I’ll tell you how to create a Spiritual Crossing, by using those people who can move from the bank of sansara, where suffering is, to the Bliss of Nirvana, where only One Creating Ocean of God — the Primordial Consciousness of the universe — is!’
        They came to the powerful mountain river that was carrying its waters, seething over the stones. This river was wide. And even in that place where the water reached the knees, the strength of the flow knocked down. But there were also sites much deeper, with waterfalls and whirlpools.
        ‘Here you should build a crossing!’
        With these words, the Immortal Guide raised a huge fragment of rock to the air. The stone, having become weightless by His Will, was floating duteously through the air, while the Immortal Guide was correcting slightly its trajectory with His hands. Then He determined the place where the stone should be put and returned its weight to it. After this, He did the same with the next stone…
        ‘Well, like this, more or less, you need to act’ — the Immortal Guide said, observing His own work. — ‘But you will have to do this using only your personal power and not the Divine One. I’ll wait for you on the other side of the river until you finish building the crossing. And then I’ll teach you the laws according to which you can help people.
        ‘While you are helping people, you will learn to interact with the Great United Power, through Which everything in the material world can be created and transformed.’
        The Immortal Guide made two steps on the newly laid stones — and then His body became weightless. Barely touching the foam of the rapids with His feet, He easily crossed the river. On the other bank, He disappeared in the flash of Light…
        … The young man began to work.
        At first, it went easily, because near there were many flat stones suitable for the construction of the crossing. And the flow close to the bank was weak as well. This is why, he did all the work in the shallow water very quickly.
        ‘Why did the Immortal Guide ask me to do this work instead of teaching me to make stones weightless and move them with the easiness He had?’ — he thought… At that moment he stumbled on a slippery underwater stone, was washed away by the rapid stream and carried far down the river…
        ‘It seems that I have to be more careful,’ — the young man smiled, realizing his mistake. Having come out of the water, he returned to the place of the construction.
        He began his work anew.
        Once again he took a large flat rock, from which he wanted to make the next step, and walked.
        He passed easily the way that he already had done before, confidently feeling with his feet every firm footing.
        Thus he reached the spot where he had slipped and had been washed away by the stream. Yet this time, he did not lose his balance and was able to place the next solid footing.
        … The young man worked long and diligently. More than once he stumbled and was carried away by the flow far down the river… Not once he struck against the rocks. Not once he swallowed water. In spite of all this, his determination did not leave him.
        Every time he fell, he stood up and continued his work. At last, he built the solid crossing!
        And when he finished, the great joy filled him: the path over the turbulent river in the world of matter was built! ‘Now the Immortal Guide will tell me how to explain to people the Path towards the Great Ultimate Happiness, that is, how to cross the ʻturbulent riverʼ and pass from the sansara to the achievement of Bliss of Nirvana!’
        … Right beside him, the Immortal Teacher appeared.
        ‘You have worked well: you crossed the river yourself. But your crossing turned out to be… too easy…
        ‘The spiritual Path is the Crossing from the material world to the world of the Primordial Consciousness. This Path should not give the possibility to those who do not want to walk it very much, but are just full of curiosity, to traverse it without effort…
        ‘That person who hasn’t work by himself or herself, but received everything ready, who hasn’t stumbled and hasn’t fallen — will not find the wisdom and strength!
        ‘The one who passed the Spiritual Crossing should only leave marks, milestones, on this Great Path in order to help others.
        ‘Look how many different ‘anchors’ and ‘ropes’ exist that do not allow the embodied people to break away from the world of sansara! Someone has the beloved who does not want or cannot traverse this Path, but this person cannot leave them. Someone has unfinished worldly affairs. Someone, although wants, but is scared. There are also those who really want but are too weak; they will not reach another bank because of lack of power…
        ‘Yet no one should remain in the middle of the Spiritual Crossing! It is like to stand for a long time in the middle of the turbulent stream of this river! It is necessary to move forward or, at least, backward!
        ‘Everyone who wanted to make the Great Crossing, but realized that it would be impossible now, will come back to the bank of sansara, being enriched with good experience, i.e. the knowledge about the traversed part of the Path.
        ‘To prepare people so that they can master, at least, a part of the Crossing is also significant. This, too, will be one of the tasks of your Service.
        ‘It is very important, at least, to let people know that the Crossing exists and that it’s possible to overcome the whole Path! Then their efforts, even the smallest, will make sense for their self-transformation!
        ‘But only that one who is not afraid of difficulties and who starts again and again overcoming the Path will be able to use the Crossing created by you!
        ‘What does it mean ‘to master the Crossing’? This means to know all the steps of the Path.
        ‘In this case, if one stumbles, one can repeat again and again what was already cognized, strengthening one’s previous achievements until the soul finally transforms itself into the Great Love, and the Fire of Nirvana becomes the Fire of one’s new Divine Spiritual Heart. After this, such a Heart will serve other seekers as the Gate to the Primordial Abode of all the Perfect!
        ‘Now I’ll go. I have finished My work: I have explained to you the Eternal Path that allows perfecting the souls. But you will stay here, in the material world, and learn to help people.
        ‘You are becoming, too, the Creator of the Crossing. And you have to find and prepare those people who can overcome the whole Path! You will lead them as I led you!’
        After these words, the Immortal Guide disappeared. It was as if the tiny particles of His body vanished in the air…
        And the new Creator of the Crossing went to people to teach them what he had cognized.

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AVALOKITESHVARA: On Reaching Nirvana


        Bodhisattva* Avalokiteshvara introduced us to Himself two years ago. He promised that, when the time comes, — He will help to revive the true Buddhism on the Earth.
        And now — He began to slightly open His ideas to us.
        He led us to one of His favorite forest places, which we visited before. Here He is seen as the Solvent Transparency.
        Avalokiteshvara briefly showed us His Appearance: the deepest Tenderness in His eyes, which were like dark agate… They involved into His Depths, plunge into the Infinite Primordial Calm… His smile, slightly touching His lips, shined from the Depths. It was — internal, not external…
        Avalokiteshvara again dissolved the visible outline of Himself. Only the clear sense of His Presence, blessing Touch stayed… Care — soft, and hugging from all sides, but touching… a little bit, like a gentle breeze in the heat, the warmth of the morning sun, a smooth quiet flame of a campfire that burns already for a long time… And everywhere in His Depths — the total Transparent Peace of full Uniting into One with the Primordial Consciousness of the whole universe…
        … When we had united with Him in His Transparency, He began to say:
        “How it is simple to live, following the Path of inner peace and fulfilling only acts of Good!
        “True Buddhism is to carry in oneself the purity, calm, and peace.
        “The word shanti is much more comprehensive — in comparison with the words peace and tranquility. Including, shanti does not mean either idleness, or lethargy, or laziness or waste of time.
        “Restructuring life to stay in the bliss of sattva — it is the work of the transformation of both ourselves and a world around. But this transformation is carried out not through the struggle against the world by the way of ‘I want’ — but through the changing in ourselves to the extent that many people around desire to stay in the same harmony. That is the non-violence.
         “Conscious harmlessness (ahimsa ) and giving away of love, harmony, peace — it is important to begin the spiritual journey of the soul. And yet — we need the clarity of both goals and ideals, of thoughts and states of the soul.
        “True Buddhism is the Path of justice and compassion, loving-kindness, silence and peace of the soul.
        “Buddhism teaches to live without causing unnecessary anxiety to anyone in the universe, but in loving, gentle caress. And should one live so, the self-soul gradually learns to dissolve itself in the Real Life, that is, in the Infinity of God’s Existence, the Existence of the Creator of all ‘manifested’. As a result, one should disappear as an individual ‘I’ — in the great state of Mergence with the Divine Primordial Consciousness, feeling oneself as only Him. Then the feeling comes that there is nothing besides Him, Who lives in everything, including all the material bodies. And He receives into Himself all the worthy Consciousnesses at the end of Their long journey Home.
        “This state of ‘burnt I’ is called Nirvana. Such the Ascetic becomes Part of the Primordial Consciousness and may manifest the Will of the One.
        “Nirvana — wherein one is completely dissolved in God. This One has no other life, but the life of God!
        “A Life of God is Love and Care for all beings: their development and perfecting.
        “My Teachings of Bodhisattvas was exactly this.
        “In preparation for the state of Bodhisattva, the ascetic acquires the ability to wait in patience and peace for that unique moment to act — to act when the time is revealed in the universe for this particular action. Patience — that is part of the great Wisdom of Bodhisattvas.
        “I’ll talk on this Path in short parables.
        “I hope that My Love, expressed in the moment in the style of laconic wisdom, will cover a large number of people who have the patience to read or hear My thoughts.
        “Let My words, as a bell in clear air, help to awaken from sleep those souls who are ready for it!”

*  Holy Spirit. (But one needs to take into account that in different Buddhist sects this term may have different meanings).

Parable of Patience
       
        The Master was sitting motionless in a lotus position.
        The disciples asked:
        “How can You sit here and do nothing when so much troubles are on the Earth?!”
        “I do not increase them, and this is already much…
        “And, being in a state of Calm, I see those rare moments when My word or action may bear benefit and reduce suffering and distress.
        “Then — I act.”

Parable of Small and Large
       
        One day, a man reproached the Master:
        “You could lead all humanity to Liberation, but You only teach people to love all beings and to do no harm. But this is — so little! That which You do — as a drop in the sea!”
        “Yes, but the sea is made of drops! All great deeds start from small beginnings! To light a flame — it is necessary first to make a spark…
        “The transformation of souls is similar: it starts with simple efforts. The Great Path to Nirvana becomes possible only after a small flame of love is kindled in the spiritual heart of the spiritual seeker!”


Parable of Doubts
       
        Someone asked the Master, how to conquer doubt and uncertainty. The Master replied:
        “All that one has, one can use for benefit — or for harm to oneself.
        “If you do not believe in success, then you should not even embark on a journey! Why start the way, where at the end you visualize only defeat?
        “You should also not start any deed, if you consider it meaningless. This is a waste of precious time of life in the body!
        “But, if to not subject to critical analysis the correctness of your own steps on the selected road, — so it is possible to get lost, which then will oblige you to backtrack for a long time. In particular, if you do not think about what good or bad your deeds will bring to the world, you can cause a lot of troubles for others and for yourself!
        “Indecision and fluctuations are inherent to a disturbed mind. Learn to immerse the mind in the heart peace! Only in the developed spiritual heart, you can feel the Truth! Only in it, Bodhisattvas show you the right choice!
        “When you learn to keep your mind in the silence of the spiritual heart — then your own critical view will help you.
        “Doubts then will turn to the ability to discern good and bad, right and wrong. This will help to avoid mistakes and strengthen a confidence on the Path of Love and Goodness!
        “Only the heart love will allow you each time to make the right choice!”

Parable on the Help from the Master
       
        Students and simply curious people every day came to the Master and listened to His instructions and explanations. Day after day, He not only told them the commandments of kindness, compassion, and the nature of the world order, but also taught them how to dive into inner silence, and how to master meditations.
        But one day, the Master said:
        “I have taught you everything that was supposed to be taught. Now everyone must continue to develop oneself!”
        “Did You tell us everything You Yourself know? Do You have nothing more to teach us?” — some disappointed listeners asked, expecting that by only listening to speeches of the Master and being in His presence, — they are perfecting…
        And many of these listeners went to seek other gurus… to listen and listen to the words of wisdom…
        Only a few have stayed with the Master — for helping others: His new students-beginners.
        And they, in so doing, discovered for themselves the further steps of the Path and received the help of the Master.
        They — had succeeded!
        However great were the skills of a Master, every student overcomes the Path oneself! No matter how great was the Teacher — it will not make disciples Enlightened!
        The task of a Master consists only in specifying the Path and explaining how to walk it.

Parable on Conceit
       
        One student said to the Master:
        “I have finally overcome pride!”
        “This is not so, my friend! If this happened, you would not tell Me about this! But you would prefer to remain in the happiness of existing in the Divine Fire of Nirvana — instead of boasting your successes!”

Parable on the Victories and Defeats

        One man asked the Master, how to not be sad from failures and not proud of the victories over rivals.
        Master said:
        “When you master yourself — you will no longer have any failures or rivals!”

Parable on the Wisdom
       
        One student argued all the time, discussing the statements of books with other students — instead of meditating.
        Master gently chided him:
        “Instead of opening your mouth once again, better open your mind — for wisdom, and the soul — for inner calm!
        “In the excitement of thoughts, easily disappears clarity of understanding. But in calm of the mind — the truth becomes apparent!
        “You will not gain wisdom through only books! You have to open the wisdom in yourself, becoming that soul, which has cognized the Primordial Consciousness! Only then the wisdom will be — and your own wisdom!
        “Only then — the wisdom of the Attained will become your own wisdom!
        “I would like everyone to be endowed with one’s own wisdom. But to give it away — no one can!
        “But you can find it in yourself — through your own efforts!”

Parable on the Past, Present and Future
       
        Students wanted to get from the Master predictions about the future. And they also asked to tell about their own past lives. He replied:
        “Whoever in a continuous bustle is overly concerned about one’s future or worries about one’s past — this one is missing the present!
        “But it would be right to learn to live in the true present, that is, in the true Divine Existence!
        “Events come and go…
        “Past borders with the future in every moment of now. Of such moments, life consists.
        “Human life in its every moment, at every moment of now, — let it be filled with peace, love, tenderness, and beauty!
        “It will make every new moment — even more beautiful and saturated with the true happiness!
        “This is life on the crest of the carrying wave of the Ocean of Divine Consciousness! Or — the diving into the Depths of Its Infinity!

Parable on Rock and Avalanche
       
        One Master with His disciples was in the mountains. One student pushed from the edge of the gorge a small stone by his foot — to see how it would fall to the bottom… Stone, colliding with other stones, caused a collapse. The roar sounded over a long distance.
        Discouraged student guiltily looked up at the Master.
        “Why have you broken the peace and quiet?”
        “I did not want to do that… I’m sorry! I — just out of curiosity… I wanted to see how deep it is…”
        “Well, let it be an example for all: even a small action, devoid of a quality of good and, at the same time, which disturbs, — can lead to large consequences:
        “One small stone thrown into the abyss — could cause a collapse in the mountains.
        “Little quarrel between two people — can escalate into hatred and make them enemies for life.
        “Revenge of some people on others — can grow to enormous bloody wars between nations.
        “Like an avalanche, the effects of any action can amplify. Therefore, never break in vain the calm, peace and harmony!
        “You should never throw a stone without considering the consequences of such action!
        “And all learn to not make big mistakes after you have seen — on the example of a small error — possible consequences!”

Parable on Molestation
       
        A beginner-student of the Master had a bad quality: he always pointed out to all others their shortcomings. He lectured and reproached, not even noticing that he was not wanted to be heard! By his homilies, he caused irritation and resentment among the people on which he often poured his edifications. But he himself considered it as his advantage, thinking that this helps others…
        The Master was waiting for an opportunity to help this student see his problem.
        … Once an annoying fly buzzed and circled around this pupil, when he sorted out berries for jam. The fly sat on the hands covered with berry juice, on the face… He could not get rid of its annoying presence!
        Master noticed how much it annoyed the student:
        “You should be calm, my friend!”
        “But what must I do?! I fell into a rage! I even want to kill it!…”
        “Do not rush: through it, God is teaching you a lesson, explaining the urgency. It points you to a problem in yourself!”
        “What problem?”
        “You’ve heard the saying that when you point a finger at the defect of another — the remaining fingers at this time point to thyself!
        “You yourself are — often quite out of place — reproaching others in their imperfections! Your comments are intrusive and not beneficial because they are made out of time! It’s always better, when you see the defect of another, to turn your critical look at your own similar faults! Transform yourself — and then other people will want to follow your example!”
        … When the student understood the Master, a little bird deftly caught the fly. And harmonious birdsong filled the space…

Parable on Ability to Listen and Speak
       
        Once a disciple asked the Master:
        “How can I learn the art to converse properly?”
        “Remember two simple rules:
        ‘To listen carefully — it means to show love to the other person!
        ‘To speak, taking care that you are understood, — this is a manifestation of concern for the interlocutor!”

Parable on How to Lose Weight
       
        One fat man asked the Master:
        “How do I cope with the constant desire to eat? I force myself to go hungry — but then again I understand that I think only about food… My thoughts are consumed by only desires associated with food! I’m so tired of fighting with my vice!…”
        “This is very easy! Try only to turn your attention to the care of others!”

Parable on Sufferings of Mankind
       
        One day the Master was asked:
        “Why so much time has passed since then, as the Buddha Shakyamuni proclaimed to people the Teachings of Truth, of reaching Nirvana, of the state of the Buddha — yet the lives of people are still full of misery and sorrow?”
        The Master answered:
        “If you ask people, do they want to get rid of suffering, most will answer ‘yes’. But then we must ask them about why they do not fulfill His Teachings in their lives?…”

Parable on the Non-Action
       
        One man thought that he mastered the non-action. For this, he tried to do nothing, believing that it is a high manifestation of spirituality…
        One day he came to the Master and expected to hear praise to his perfecting.
        But the Master said to him:
        “Those, who are waiting for perfection to come by itself, without committing their own enormous efforts, — they are wrong!
        “The non-action is not idleness!
        “Meditation is namely work — the work of the soul, consciousness!
        “You — not yet started even an ethical self-cleansing, but already expect to receive… the praise!
        “The one, who is lazily lying and contemplating others going on the Path, is not equal to those who persistently go to their Goal!”



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