Three management fable

1. happy seeds has two poor youth in the pursuit of happiness, a gigantic, finally a working distances and found the happy Messenger. Messenger see they have a kind heart, gave each of them a happy seeds. A youth back to their own seed sown on land, near his land to grow a tree seedlings. His daily work hard and watering, flourishing in the second year, bunches of fruit hanging. He continues to work, getting to have a large Orchard, became known for rich people. He married his wife, son, and lead a happy life.

Another youth back set an altar, dedicated to the well-being of seeds, daily devotion to prayer. Youth are boiled white hair, but remained impoverished. He is very angry puzzled, but also to trek to the happy Messenger the Angel told him and complained that, happy smiles and not for the Messenger, just let him to another youth there. When he saw a large Orchard, suddenly awakened, hurried back to the seed buried into the soil, but happy seeds have been insects, lost vitality. 2. sea shells, one of the elders tell a desire for wealth, the North Sea shore gold shell, so the young man will not miles, to the North Sea shore he Beach, desperate to find gold shell began. At first he patiently picked up each one carefully end-shells, determine not the Golden shell before it got rid of. The North Sea shore winds, youth picked every shell are cold. The weather is cold, it's boring, so that young people gradually lose patience, little by little, he just feels a bit, it will be the shell discards. 　　One day, two days, one month, two months, numerous shells were picked up and thrown away youth, never found carers say Golden shell, young people are depressed and feel that they are not likely to find gold shell. 　 But young people are so very hard, kept busy, and finally one day, a gold shell was he picked up in their hands, but countless failures so that young mind the thinking type, he's just feeling about the shell, have not seen, that idea out again: not possible, picked up so many are golden shell, how is it that day was satisfactory, youth so golden shell package discarded. Subsequently the youth also picked up a gold shell, he thrown away. Later he was old, reluctantly returned home, he told the young man: the North Shore is not Golden shells. 3. Deficiency and implicitly carried to South is Japan Meiji era, the famous Zen master, his story of a cup of tea is often the exciting and inspiring. One day, a University Professor came to southern South the implicit ask Zen, with refreshments served, hidden and will inject the visitors to refreshment of the Cup, the Cup is full after he also continued to inject, the professor watched the tea and the overflow Cup, until you can no longer be silent anymore, finally said: "already full up, not down. "Your heart like this Cup, when the surface is filled with your own opinions and ideas, you do not put your own Cup empty, asked me how to say Zen? South hidden meaningful to say.

South of hidden Zen master to teach their own Cup empty, not only the righteousness of Zen Buddhism, but also the wisdom of life. Heart is too full, something ining, heart complaints in order to have sufficient loading space. Full benefits, and is even more modest guxian unsolved a sentence can agree this year etc.