Enlight Zen School Zen masters teach their students to express their feelings directly. One boy lived not far from the monastery. He often met Keitya, his peer from the monastery, who went to the market every day to buy... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Difficult to implement in practice One day, the ruler of the region visited a Zen teacher, popularly nicknamed Bird's Nest because he was meditating while sitting on a tree among dense foliage. The ruler examined the place of meditatio... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Three Strikes of Dongshan Dunshan came to Yunmen, who asked him where he was from. “I’m from Chadu,” Dongshan replied. “Which temple did you stay at for the summer?” - Yunmen asked. “In the Baozi Temple in Hunan,” answered Don... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Is this true? The Zen teacher Hakuin was known among his neighbors as a man who lived an immaculate life. Next to him lived a beautiful girl, whose parents owned a grocery store. Suddenly her parents discovered tha... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Smart and stupid students Bodhidharma was once asked: “Who can be called a smart student and who can be called a stupid student?” Bodhidharma replied: “The intelligent student is not attached to the words of the teacher, he us... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Miserly teaching A young doctor from Tokyo named Kusuda met his school friend who was studying Zen. The young doctor asked him what Zen was. “I can’t tell you what it is,” said the friend. “But I know one thing for su... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Fairy Tales for Adults - Zen Once two people were talking - a student of a yogi and a student of a Zen master. Yoga student says: - My Teacher is a great man! He can chew glass, sit under water for an hour and walk barefoot on fi... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Sariri "Tangke from the Tang dynasty went into the temple to warm up, he was very cold and wet. But it was cold in the temple. Then he took one of the wooden images of Buddha and made a fire from it. The car... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight The Parable of Cats and Soken Sensei В начале XIX века в Японии жил знаменитый мастер кендо по имени Сокен. Однажды в его доме завелась большая крыса, которая постоянно шумела по ночам и мешала ему спать. Сокен обратился к своему знакомо... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Parable of the Virgin (Hing Shi) One day a young man who was planning to get married came to Hing Shi and asked: “Teacher, I want to marry, but definitely only a virgin.” Tell me, am I acting wisely? The teacher asked: “Why specifica... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Poem When Seun grew old, he knew that his end was approaching. He asked the disciples to gather around him in the morning and said that he would leave at noon. Burning incense in front of the image of his ... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
Enlight Hoshina's last poem Zen teacher Hoshin lived in China for many years, and then returned to northeast Japan, where he raised students. When he became quite old, he told his disciples a story he had heard in China. This is... Parables Zen Parables Enlight
