Enlight Ducks are flying Near a lake in a mountain forest, the Monk instructed, picking his nose. Monaco, ten years old. Living with monks, since I was five years old. In the sky above them, not so high, Ducks flew, dropping ... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight The Tea Master and the Murderer Teiko, a warrior who lived in Japan before the Tokugawa era, studied cha-no-yu - tea etiquette - from Sen-No-Rikyu, the teacher of this aesthetic expression of calm and contentment. Teiko's warrior se... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Exact proportion Sen-No Rikun, a tea master, wanted to hang a basket of flowers on a pole. He asked the carpenter to help him, pointing from below where to place the basket: a little higher or lower, a little to the r... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Scientific dialogue for the night Any wandering monk could stop at a Zen temple, provided that he was a conqueror of those who lived in that temple. If he is defeated, he will have to leave. In one temple in northern Japan lived two m... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight The essence of Zen Zen is a creative state that arises when “the thirsty one falls to the source of Being.” It is impossible to convey this in words, but the Masters strive to express this through the example of their l... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Advisor One prince besieged an enemy fortress for three months and could not take it. Dissatisfied with his army, he ordered his adviser to send a letter home with an order to send another squad of the most d... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Same as everyone else There was a man. He lived like everyone else, worked like everyone else, and even died like everyone else. But someone wrote a parable about him and gave it to a Zen master. The Zen master knew what t... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Birth of Zen Buddhism Buddhist scriptures began to spread from India to Southeast Asia at the beginning of the 1st century. AD But the essence of Buddhism was brought to China by Bodhidharma in 520 AD. There is a legend ab... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Dust on the mirror The Zen teacher sent his chief disciple to the caravanserai for the last test. The student asked: -What kind of test is this? What should I do in this caravanserai? The teacher replied: - Go and just ... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Happy Chinese Everyone who has been to Chinatowns in America has seen statues of a brave young man with a sack on his back. Chinese traders call him the Happy Chinese or Laughing Buddha. This man named Hotei lived ... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight The most valuable thing in the world One student asked Master Sozan: -What is the most valuable thing in the world? The master replied: - Head of a dead cat. - Why? - the student asked again. - Because no one can appreciate it. Translate... Parables Zen Parables
Enlight Mokusen's Hand Mokusen Hiki lived in a temple in Tamba Province. One of his followers complained about his wife's stinginess. Mokusen visited the wife of his follower and showed her his hand clenched into a fist. - ... Parables Zen Parables
