Enlight How a crow destroyed two families In ancient times, in Japan, during the reign of Emperor Shomu, who lived in 750, a tall tree grew in front of the gate of the house of the shogun of Izumi county named Yamatomaro. Two crows built a ne... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Stone Mind Hogen, a Chinese Zen master, lived alone in a small temple in a village. One day, four wandering monks asked him to allow them to light a fire and warm themselves. As they started the fire, Hogen hear... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Pickled radish One day Shogun Iemitsu was talking with Takuan about various topics. - Osho, everything I eat lately seems tasteless to me. Can you treat me to some delicacy? - It's not difficult. Please come to my a... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
