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True Friends from lostjohnny 182 days old
A long time ago in China there were two friends, one who played the harp skillfully and one who listened skillfully. When the one played or sang ...
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No Work No Food from lostjohnny 183 days old
Hyakujo, the Chinese Zen master, used to labor with his pupils even at the age of eighty, trimming the gardens, cleaning the grounds, and pruning the ...
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Nothing Exists from lostjohnny 184 days old
Yamaoka Tesshu, as a young student of Zen, visited one master after another. He called upon Dokuon of Shokoku. Desiring to show his attainment, he ...
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The Real Miracle from lostjohnny 189 days old
When Bankei was preaching at Ryumon temple, a Shinshu priest, who believed in salvation through the repitition of the name of the Buddha of Love, was ...
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Real Prosperity from lostjohnny 190 days old
A rich man asked Sengai to write something for the continued prosperity of his family so that it might be treasured from generation to generation. ...
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No Attachment to Dust from lostjohnny 191 days old
Zengetsu, a Chinese master of the T'ang dynasty, wrote the following advice for his pupils: Living in the world yet not forming attachments to the ...
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The Stone Mind from lostjohnny 195 days old
Hogen, a Chinese Zen teacher, lived alone in a small temple in the country. One day four traveling monks appeared and asked if they might make a fire ...
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Temper from lostjohnny 196 days old
A Zen student came to Bankei and complained: "Master, I have an ungovernable temper. How can I cure it?" "You have something very strange," replied ...
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The Most Valuable Thing in the World from lostjohnny 197 days old
Sozan, a Chinese Zen master, was asked by a student: "What is the most valuable thing in the world?" The master replied: "The head of a dead cat." ...
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What Are You Doing! What Are You Saying! from lostjohnny 198 days old
In modern times a great deal of nonsense is talked about masters and disciples, and about the inheritance of a master's teaching by favorite pupils, ...
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