Yogi Stories
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The Value of Stories
Buddha thought:"The truth . . . simple as it is, the people cannot understand it. I must adapt to their thoughts - I will tell them stories." |
In this collection are fine stories of the East and West alike. Shared tales may give us a common basis of relating well and of culturation. Stock stories of a culture become common references, and fables and folk tales and proverbs too.. In fact, stories build and transmit culture, says Jerome Bruner and James Kirk [Soth]. What is more:
A concerned mother once visited Albert Einstein to get his counsel on how to help her son become really good in maths. Exactly what was she to read for him to help him evolve into a prominent scientist?The idea is to let the embedded ideas in the tales incubate or rest, and they may eventually turn out to be fruitful and rewarding for the developing mind.
"Folk tales," said Einstein.
"Okay," said the mother, "and after that?"
"More folk tales," said Einstein.
"And after that?" the mother asked again.
"Still more folk tales," answered Einstein. [Brms 1]
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Literature
Brms: Zipes, Jack. Breaking the Magic Spell. Reprint. New York: Routledge, 1992.
Soth: Kirk, James A. Stories of the Hindus: An Introduction Through Texts and Interpretation. New York: Macmillan, 1972.
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