Enlight Taming the Ghost One young woman fell ill and was close to death. “Oh, I love you so much,” she told her husband. “I really don’t want to leave you.” Don't you dare marry another woman after my death. If you do this, ... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Royal gift One day the emperor visited Nan-In. As a sign of his respect, he presented him with a magnificent robe, embroidered with precious stones, made of the most expensive fabric. Presenting it, he said: - D... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Esyun's departure Nun Esyun was already over sixty when she was about to leave this world. She asked the monks to build a funeral pyre in the courtyard. Seated firmly in the middle of the wooden pyramid, she set its ed... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
