| Foreword |
XVII |
| Wraning |
XXI |
| PRAYER |
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| The prayer of the frog |
3 |
| The dancing rabbi |
4 |
| The ballet prayer |
5 |
| Feet pointed to Mecca |
6 |
| The prayer of Vishnu's devotee |
6 |
| The inventor |
7 |
| Become changed into fire |
8 |
| The prayer of the cobbler |
9 |
| The alphabet prayer |
10 |
| God's profession is to forgive |
11 |
| Narada carries a milk bowl |
12 |
| The village was always helped |
14 |
| Can prayer control the weather |
16 |
| Lakshmi's delayed response |
17 |
| The prayer of children |
19 |
| The monumental bore |
20 |
| Of prayer and pray-ers |
21 |
| Can I help you? |
23 |
| Both listen Neither talks |
24 |
| Akbar at namaaz |
25 |
| The angry bull |
27 |
| Prayer as acceptance of life |
28 |
| On a cold day, freeze |
28 |
| Making friends with a dragon |
29 |
| God is out there |
30 |
| The monk and the bird |
31 |
| Taking off the blindfold |
32 |
| Feet on the desk |
32 |
| The forest church |
34 |
| AWARENESS |
|
| The pillars of religion |
37 |
| The three wise men |
38 |
| The hunter's flight |
39 |
| My Uncle George? |
40 |
| Rumour creates a famine |
40 |
| The Papal Pantomime |
41 |
| The old Jewish lady's conclusion |
44 |
| The price of tomatoes |
45 |
| The hippy with one shoe |
46 |
| The Indian listening to the ground |
46 |
| The oyter's misfortune |
47 |
| Identifying your mother |
48 |
| The dog who walked on water |
49 |
| The dog who played cards |
50 |
| Grandma's silence |
51 |
| The seeker and the devil |
52 |
| Blisters on a drunkard's ear |
54 |
| The Viennese surgeon's test |
55 |
| The parish priest discovers his cook |
56 |
| "Get this tramp out of my sign" |
57 |
| "One of you is the Messiah" |
58 |
| The prisoner and the ant |
60 |
| El Greco's darness |
60 |
| The blind rabbi |
61 |
| RELIGION |
|
| The station near the railway tracks |
65 |
| The Kamakura Buddha |
65 |
| Dov Ber and the Baal Shem |
66 |
| The burnt Buddha |
67 |
| The invisible sutras |
68 |
| Two brothers who loved |
69 |
| God will take care of the Messiah! |
71 |
| The hazards of being a chosen people |
72 |
| Let go of the branch |
73 |
| Lay the blanket on the ground |
75 |
| Let God deduct the money in advance |
76 |
| Hope in God means no hope |
76 |
| Whom would God forgive |
77 |
| The expert who opened the Gates of Mercy |
77 |
| How to persue the evil-doer |
78 |
| Look directly at the moon |
79 |
| The drunkard looks down at the moon |
80 |
| The lost motto |
81 |
| Where am I |
82 |
| Svetaketu's wisdom |
83 |
| The menu is not for eating |
84 |
| Reading the character called I |
85 |
| The Great Revelation |
86 |
| A cleric recognize |
88 |
| What he is playing is the violin |
89 |
| Chicken broth for the dead |
90 |
| The conceited non-scholar |
91 |
| He Hindu Sage on Jesus |
92 |
| The spiritual elite |
93 |
| A great revival |
94 |
| The resurrected philosopher |
95 |
| What is matter made of |
96 |
| The fisherman turned Godman |
98 |
| Mary wants to be a prostitute |
100 |
| The rabbi's son became a Christian |
102 |
| The rabbi's ecumenical wish |
103 |
| The dog and the fox |
104 |
| Gandhi turned out of Church |
105 |
| God kept out of Church |
105 |
| Don't let me catch you praying |
106 |
| You can only cry in your own parish |
107 |
| The devil organizes creation |
108 |
| The sign of the cross or love? |
109 |
| An imprimatur for Jesus |
109 |
| How to keep a loin-cloth |
110 |
| The life-saving station |
112 |
| The fruit commandment |
114 |
| The frightened paratrooper |
116 |
| Walnut for the rifle butt |
117 |
| Railway regulations |
118 |
| Telephone exchange regulations |
118 |
| Supper must be ready at 6:00 |
119 |
| Nasruddin finds adiamond |
121 |
| Two types of Sabbath |
122 |
| Beware, Beware |
125 |
| GRACE |
|
| Providence in three rescue boats |
129 |
| Acpuisition and renunclation |
131 |
| The earthquake and the drink |
132 |
| "Boy, did we shake that bridge!" |
132 |
| The old woman and her rooster |
133 |
| Tie your camel |
134 |
| "The Lord and you are partners" |
135 |
| Hasna stands guard over a coat |
136 |
| God's help in the desert |
137 |
| Expectant fathers |
137 |
| The official's this is America |
138 |
| "Put more men on the job" |
138 |
| Buying seeds, not fruit |
139 |
| "Buy a lottery ticket" |
140 |
| Mozart's advice |
141 |
| Stamina in one's old age |
141 |
| God plays golf |
142 |
| The plumber and Miagara Falls |
142 |
| THE SAINTS |
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| No brakes to the fire truck |
145 |
| Lady Pumphampton |
145 |
| The holy shadow |
146 |
| Paul Cezanne |
148 |
| Subhuti and emptiness |
149 |
| The holy rabbi's modesty |
150 |
| Te venerable priest pleads guilty |
151 |
| The four monks breaks silence |
152 |
| The tight halo |
153 |
| What's better than a baronetcy? |
154 |
| "Look who think he's a sinner" |
155 |
| The punishment of the celibate |
156 |
| Thoughts of God and a pretty woman |
157 |
| The Master drinks soya bean sauce |
158 |
| Nisterus flees the dragon |
159 |
| How Longinus healed |
160 |
| Bahaudin conceals his miracles |
161 |
| Laila and Rama |
162 |
| Gessen, the greedy monk |
163 |
| The Minister, the rabbi and the priest |
164 |
| The bishop's profanity |
166 |
| The good-natured Tanzan |
167 |
| Glass picker on the beach |
169 |
| The somersaulting ascetic |
170 |
| The priest who thought ill of no one |
171 |
| Tinzai's belly laugh |
172 |
| From Action to Laughter |
173 |
| Jesus Christ pleads guilty |
174 |
| THE SELF |
|
| The mystery of the self |
177 |
| The greatest modern invention |
177 |
| The monk and the self |
178 |
| The guru and the crocodiles |
179 |
| The devil in angel's disguise |
180 |
| "Damned good shot!" |
180 |
| Mother or girl-friend? |
181 |
| "Agatha is eighty five" |
181 |
| The rooster and the farm horse |
182 |
| The elephant and the flea |
183 |
| The wokman and the choir |
184 |
| The window cleaner |
184 |
| The scientist's flaw |
185 |
| The cobweb in the turban |
186 |
| "This carrot is mine!" |
187 |
| Ching makes a bell-frame |
189 |
| Who is Maruf Karkhi? |
190 |
| Who are you? |
191 |
| Who is a hippee? |
192 |
| English blank tapes |
193 |
| Drop the self, not the flowers |
195 |
| The container and the content |
196 |
| Uddalaka's lesson |
197 |
| LOVE |
|
| "I was sure you'd come" |
201 |
| The blood transfusion |
202 |
| The love of your family |
203 |
| What people save first |
204 |
| Tears at a funeral |
205 |
| Tears for a burning factory |
205 |
| Yours trousers of your girlfriend |
206 |
| What we like in others |
206 |
| Lucky daughter, unlucky son |
207 |
| "All she wants is me." |
208 |
| The sweetheart and the expensive watch |
208 |
| A requiem for Mr.Turtle |
209 |
| Buddha with a blackened nose |
210 |
| Fredrick Qilhelm demands love |
211 |
| The escaped husband |
213 |
| Dogs chained together |
214 |
| A princess chained to a slave |
214 |
| My parents might escape |
216 |
| Gratitude for a dog |
217 |
| The toad in the lawn |
218 |
| When the revolution comes |
219 |
| Abraham and the God-hating beggar |
218 |
| The God who forgets sins |
220 |
| John the Dwarf accepts a drink |
221 |
| A gift for a complaining mother |
222 |
| Get your heart to the mountains |
222 |
| Jeremiah and the anvil |
223 |
| Al-Mamun's Horse |
224 |
| Planting trees for posterity |
226 |
| The stone in the street |
226 |
| How to tell day from night |
227 |
| The prejudice of Charles Lamb |
228 |
| The rabbi who served in secret |
228 |
| Gandhi's table cloth |
229 |
| "I am a bad coin" |
230 |
| "She has no family" |
231 |
| Anastasius and the stolen bible |
232 |
| The master strikes Jitoku |
234 |
| Master Muso's patients |
235 |
| The intertwined limbs |
237 |
