Mad Monk Improper Parables: Wit, Wisdom, Humor, Laughter and Practical Advice

"Mad Monk Improper Parables" offers enlightening life, love and work inspirations from a Zen/Chan monk who traveled On and Off The Way. Here are sixty inspiring short stories whose Eastern wisdom can be used anytime and anywhere today. Each parable brims with Larry Littany Litt's unique wit, wisdom, and practical advice as channeled through the adventurous life of Mad Monk. This intriguing timeless figure is a non-conforming yet dedicated Buddhist, successful artist, caring lover, avowed hedonist and above all social moralist. He's a respected community hero and conversely a renowned trickster.

These stories dramatize Mad Monk's Buddhist and community based philosophy. This can be summed up as: For a peaceful, compassionate and successful life for yourself and others let go of comparing, lying, competing, judgments, anger, envy, jealousy, regrets, worry, blame, guilt, fear, paranoia, hate and loneliness. Laugh every day especially if laughing about your inability to let go of any or all of these thoughts and actions. Believe you can 'LET GO.' You will know when you've succeeded, when you've failed and when you're faking. Eventually you will love, respect, accept and engage with all people and events as they come into your life.

Mad Monk's life is a series of parables. Your mind too holds memories that are your personal parables. You will learn by example to create characters, plots and moral endings that will explore and guide you to your own meaning, purpose and happiness. It's your honest, inner truth that creates the many aspects and episodes of you. Mad Monk guides you by showing his Way of Stories.

Mad Monk offers practical advice about social status, competition, aging, career choices, romance, filial obligation, friendship, dedication to purpose, the meanings of charity and kindness. Above all discovering who you are. And how you can develop into that person.

Reviewers call this little book "inspiring", "delightfully and intellectually entertaining", "magical", "riveting" and "wonderfully deep, thoughtful and sensitive".

Read one, two or more stories each time you open this book. You will have a friend and companion for life.