Enlight Jeno - the sixth patriarch of Zen Having become enlightened, the sixth Zen patriarch Jeno received from the fifth patriarch a cup and clothes, which were passed down from the Buddha by his successors from generation to generation. A m... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight If you love, love openly Twenty monks and one nun named Eshun were meditating with a Zen teacher. Esyun was very beautiful, despite the fact that her head was shorn and her clothes were very modest. Several monks secretly fel... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Living Buddha and cooper Zen masters gave personal advice in a secluded room. No one entered it while the teacher and student were there. Mokurai, a Zen master at the Kennin Temple in Kyoto, loved to talk with merchants and n... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight How to Write a Chinese Poem A well-known Japanese poet was asked how to write a Chinese poem. “Usually, a Chinese poem consists of four lines,” he explained. - The first line contains the initial phase, the second - the continua... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Bokuju and stream One Zen monk, Bokuju, said: “Go and cross the stream, but don’t let the water touch you.” And there was no bridge across the stream near his monastery. Many tried to do this, but when they crossed the... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight The giver should be grateful When Seisetsu was Enkaku's teacher in Kamakura, he demanded a larger room because the one he taught in was overcrowded. Umezu Seibei, a merchant from Edo, decided to donate 500 pieces of gold, called ... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Business card Zen Master Keichu presided over the main temple in Kyoto. One day a novice brought him a business card and said that this man wanted to see him. The card read: “Kitagaki, Governor of Kyoto.” Keichu lo... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight In the world of dreams This story was told by Sena Saku: Every day at noon our teacher usually dozed off. We children asked him why he did this, and he answered: “I’m going to the land of dreams to meet the old sages there,... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Thief turned student One evening, while Shichiro Kojun was reading sutras, a thief with a sharp sword entered and demanded either money or life. Shichiro told him: - Don’t bother me, you can take some money from this box.... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Diamond in road dust Gudu was at one time the emperor's mentor. Despite this, he used to travel alone, like a simple wandering monk. One day, heading to Edo, the cultural and political center of the shogunate, he came to ... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Be careful The Great Teacher Nan-In was on his deathbed. There were many incidents, anecdotes, and stories in the life of this extraordinary man. And so, dying, he said to his disciples: “I don’t want you to mou... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Time to Die Ikkyu, the Zen Master, was very intelligent even when he was just a boy. His teacher had a precious tea bowl - a rare antique. It so happened that Ikkyu broke this cup and became very confused. Hearin... Parables Zen Parables
