Tag: Zen Story

During the countryside wars, a general swept from town to town, conquering each place with ease....

A Zen master asked a young student to bring him a pail of water to cool his bath. The student...

Kakua was the first Japanese to imbibe Zen teaching in China, but few people know it was he who...

There once lived a stone cutter who was unhappy with his insignificant life. Passing by a rich...

Sozan, the Chinese Zen master known for his poetry and calligraphy, was about to start a talk with...

A youthful monk, journeying home, reached the bank of a vast river. There were no visible means of...

In the city of Kyoto, there lived a great Zen master called Keichu. He was the head of Tofoku, a...

A young Zen student was on his way to buy vegetables at the market for his monastery. On the...