LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE
NỤ CƯỜI LÀ LIỀU THUỐC BỔ
Con người từ khi mới sanh ra đă cất tiếng khóc chào đời, không hiểu rằng tiếng khóc đó là mừng vi` được ra đời hay vi` tủi thân là đă không được giải thoát về nơi bất sinh, mà phải sinh vào cuộc đời trăm đắng ngàn cay này. Mà thật vậy trong cuộc sống hàng ngày của chúng ta đă phải đương đầu với bao đau khổ, oan ức, buồn tủi, giận hờn vi` những ganh tỵ, đố kỵ lẫn nhau, hoặc thương cảm vi` trái ngang. Muốn sống một mi`nh để lánh xa những phiền lụy đầy nước mắt đó nhưng nào ai làm được. Cho nên hôm nay ban biên tập xin được xây dựng cho chúng ta một nụ cười, vi` nụ cười là liều thuốc bổ, cho dù đôi khi tiếng cười cũng có thể là một tiếng khóc khô không lệ. Xin tất cả những ai có cùng tâm trạng của kẻ tạo nên trang truyện cười này, thi` hăy cho nhau những nụ cười do qúi vị sưu tập và gửi về Minh Hạnh
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1 English Susie, Do you know your numbers? the teacher asks. "Yup," she says. "My dad taught me." "What comes after three?" "Four," Susie Answers. "Great. And tell me what number comes after six? "Seven." "Excellent," Susie's teacher says. "Your dad did a good job. Now, what's after ten?" "Jack." Teacher!!! Jay Lend. - Reader's Digest |
1. Việt dịch: Minh Hạnh |
1 The Paratrooper A paratrooper was scared to jump. His instructor told him, "If anything goes wrong, say, `Buddha oh Buddha' and you will be saved." The paratrooper got so scared that he forgot to pull his rip cord. So he said, "Buddha oh Buddha," and a hand came out and saved him. He said, "Thank God," and he was dropped. (Contributed by David Mather) |
2.
Người nhảy dù đă sợ hăi khi phải nhảy. Người huấn luyện viên nói với ông
ta. |
1 Dealing with Neurotics The psychiatrist asks the Zen Master, "How do you deal with neurotics?" The Zen Master replies, "I get them to the point where they can't ask anymore questions". (Contributed by Barry Erdman) |
3. Đối diện với người bịnh tâm thần |
4 Driving in India A monk was driving in India when suddenly a dog crosses the road. The car hit and killed the dog. The monk looked around and seeing a temple, went to knock on the door. A monk opened the door. The first monk said: "I'm terribly sorry, but my karma ran over your dogma." (Contributed by Nebuchadnezzar) |
Lái xe tại Ấn
Độ |
5 Compassion with an umbrella A Western Buddhist woman was In india, studying with her teacher. She was riding with another woman friend in a rickshaw-like carriage, when they were attacked by a man on the street. In the end, the attacker only succeeded in frightening the women, but the Buddhist woman was quite upset by the event and told her teacher so. She asked him what she should have done - what would have been the appropriate, Buddhist response. The teacher said very simply, "You should have very mindfully and with great compassion whacked the attacker over the head with your umbrella." (Contributed by Susan) |
5. Tỏ ḷng trắc ẩn với cây dù |
6. Two Drunk monks There were these two Buddhist monks who had about 13 beers each. One had to walk home quite some distance. 'Will you be all right to walk home?', the one asked 'Of course, I will take the Middle Path,' he replied." (Contributed by Thomas Roberts) |
6. Hai vị tu sĩ say rượu |
7. Flapping flag Four monks were meditating in a monastery. All of a sudden the prayer flag on the roof started flapping. The younger monk came out of his meditation and said: "Flag is flapping" A more experienced monk said: "Wind is flapping" A third monk who had been there for more than 20 years said: "Mind is flapping." The fourth monk who was the eldest said, visibly annoyed: "Mouths are flapping!" (Contributed anonymously) |
7. Cờ động |
8 The other side One day a young Buddhist on his journey home, came to the banks of a wide river. Staring hopelessly at the great obstacle in front of him , he pondered for hours on just how to cross such a wide barrier. Just as he was about to give up his pursuit to continue his journey he saw a great teacher on the other side of the river. The young Buddhist yells over to the teacher "Oh wise one , can you tell me how to get to the other side of this river"? The teacher ponders for a moment looks up and down the river and yells back "My son, you are on the other side" . (Contributed by Joe McClintock) |
8. Bên Bờ bên kia |
9 At an ecumenical round-table discussion, various religious leaders tried to answer the question "When does life start?" "At conception," said the Catholic priest. "No, no," said the Presbyterian minister. "It begins at birth." "It's in between." said the Baptist. "Life begins at 12 weeks when he fetus develops a functional hearbeat." "I disagree with all of you," said the rabbi. "Life begins when your last child leaves home and takes the dog with him." |
9. Trong cuộc thảo luận bàn tro`n, các người lănh đạo
các tôn giáo khác nhau cố gắng trả lời câu hỏi, "Khi nào thi` cuộc sống
bắt đầu?" |
10 EVERY TEN YEARS, the monks in the monastery are allowed to break their vow of silence to speak two words. Ten years go by and it's one monk's first chance. He thinks for a second, looks the head monk in the eye and says, "Food bad."** Ten year late, it's his turn to speak again. He goes to the head monk and says, "Bed hard." It's the big day, a decade later. The man gives the head monk a long stare and say, "I quit." "Well, I'm not surprised," the head monk says. "You've been complaining ever since you got here." |
10. Cứ 10 năm thi` những vị tu sĩ trong tu viện được
phép phá bỏ lời nguyện về sự giữ im lặng trong khi tu tập, được phép nói
hai chữ. Rồi 10 năm đi qua, một người tu sĩ được có cơ hội đó lần thứ
nhất. |
11 During an exhibit at a museum, a modern artist was explaining his work. "This", he said, pointing to a completely black canvas, "Is a cow grazing." "Where is the grass?." asked a visitor. "The cow has eaten it," the artist answered. "Well, then," the visitor said, "where is the cow?" "How could you expect her to stay," the artist replied, "after she'd eaten all the grass?." . |
11. Trong một cuộc triển lăm tại một viện bảo tàng, một
người họa sĩ tân thời đang giải thích về bức vẽ của ông ta. |
12 An old man living alone on a farm wrote to his only son, Bubba, in prison. "Dear Bubba: I'm feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. Wish you were here-I know you would take care of it for me. Love, Dad." About a week late, the farmer received this letter. "Dear Dad: Don't dig up the garden! That's where I buried the bodies, Love, Bubba." The next morning, FBI agents stormed the property and dug up the entire garden. They didn't find any bodies, though, so they aplogized to the old man and left. Soon the farmer received another letter. "Dear Dad: Go head and plant the potatoes now. It's the best I could do under the circumstances. Love, Bubba." |
12. Một ông lăo sống một mi`nh tại doanh trại đă viết
lá thư cho người con trai duy nhất của ông ta, Bubba, đang trong
tù. |
13 WOMEN ARE TIGERS - a Buddhist Joke. One day, an old monk (bhikshus) in a monastery took an young monk (or sramaneras) to town to do some business. The young monk grew up in the monastery all his life and seldom ventured out on his own. Before they went, the old monk told him, "Beware of tigers. There are a lot of man-eating tigers in town. I will show you when they are present." As they wonder through the busy street of the metropolitan, the young monk noticed that there are a lot of attractive women passing by. Every time, they came pass an attractive woman, the old monk would tell him, "Be ware. She is a man-eating tiger." After they return to the monastery that night, the two had supper together. The old monk asked the young monk, "What do you like best in town?" The young monk replied, "man-eating tigers." |
13. Phụ
nữ là những con cọp. |
14 ENGINEERING PROJECT FOR HELL - a Buddhist joke The Law of Karma states that good ones go to heaven and evil ones go to hell, but sometimes things got mixed up, and an engineer end up in Hell after his death. King Yama (the Lord of Hell in Buddhism) looked at his record of Karma and said, "You should not be in here. You should go to heaven to enjoy life. However, we in Hell are undergoing a major renovation project, to install a central air conditioning system for everybody. Are you interested in submitting a bid?" The engineer thought, "I have the right to go to Heaven. But, what the hell, I don't want to lost a business opportunity here." So he submitted a bid to King Yama and got the job. The work proceeds well and besides installing a central air conditioning system, the engineer also put in a large swimming pool and construct a beautiful park. Life in Hell had became very comfortable. One day, King Yama met King Sakra, (the Heavenly Emperor) at a Buddhist Temple. "How is life in Hell?" asked Emperor Sakra. "Very good," replied King Yama, "we hired an engineer who preferred to stay with me rather than going to you, and he had installed things like air conditioners to make life comfortable." Upon hearing this, Emperor Sakra got furious, "You are breaking the Law of Karma. I demand that you send the engineer back to heaven immediately, otherwise I will take legal action against you." "Take legal action?" King Yama smiled, "where can you got a lawyer?" |
14. Dự án kỹ thuật cho địa ngục. |
15 WORSE THAN A CLOWN There was a young monk in China who was a very serious practitioner of the Dharma. Once, this monk came across something he did not understand, so he went to ask the master. When the master heard the question, he kept laughing. The master then stood up and walked away, still laughing. The young monk was very disturbed by the master's reaction. For the next 3 days, he could not eat, sleep nor think properly. At the end of 3 days, he went back to the master and told the master how disturbed he had felt. When the master heard this, he said, "Monk, do you know what your problem is? Your problem is that YOU ARE WORSE THAN A CLOWN!" The monk was shocked to hear that, "Venerable Sir, how can you say such a thing?! How can I be worse than a clown?" The master explained, "A clown enjoys seeing people laugh. You? You feel disturbed because another person laughed. Tell me, are u not worse than a clown?" When the monk heard this, he began to laugh. He was enlightened. |
15. Tệ hơn một anh hề |
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Tŕnh bày: Minh Hạnh & Thiện PhápCập nhật ngày: 01-31-2006
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