This is such a telling tale about how most of us conduct our spiritual searches. We are searching everywhere except for the place of “I am.” Muella’s ticket is one of my favorite Mulla Nasrudine stories because it is such a telling tale about the way most of us conduct our spiritual searches. We are …
Category Archives: Mulla Nasrudine
The Chemist
Can the person who is too stupid to tell us to go to the doctor able to tell us to go to the doctor? Again a story of going in two directions at the same time.
Mulla’s Stories Teach Enlightenment
Mulla Nasrudine stories, and Zen stories, are such great enlightenment teachings because they are trying to point out the blindingly obvious. We believe enlightenment is this mysterious, magical thing. What if it was something very very simple?
What’s the Point of Mulla Nasrudine?
Our story this week is a Mulla Nasruddine story. It’s from the Osho Rajneesh archives and is obviously a modern story of Nasruddine. That’s very interesting in itself because Mulla is this character that has been used to tell stories for centuries. Maybe he was a real fellow at one time, but he is used …
Mulla Nasrudine Coming or Going?
So Mulla Nasridine met an old friend outside the door of his psychiatrist office one day. She looked at him surprised, gave him a big old hug, and said, “Mulla, so long since I’ve seen you. We should get together sometime and have a cup of tea. But tell me are you coming or going?” …
Mullas Clothes
So one day, Mulla Nasrudin showed up in a nearby town for an appointment, stark naked. Everyone was shocked. They’re like, “Mulla! What’s the deal? What’s going on?” Mulla shrugged and said, “I was in such a hurry to get dressed, I forgot my clothes.” The ordinary spiritual teacher can be spacey too.