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//-->101 Zen Stories[Type the author name]2010101 Zen Stories1. A Cup of Tea2. Finding a Diamond on a Muddy Road3. Is That So?4. Obedience5. If You Love, Love Openly6. No Loving - Kindness7. Annoucement8. Great Waves9. The Moon Cannot Be Stolen10. The Last Poem of Hoshin11. The Story of Shunkai12. Happy Chinaman13. A Buddha14. Muddy Road15. Shoan and His Mother16. Not Far From Buddhahood17. Stingy in Teaching18. A Parable19. The First Principle20. A Mother's Advice21. The Sound of One Hand22. My Heart Burns Like Fire23. Eshun's Departure24. Reciting Sutras25. Three Days More26. Trading Dialogue For Lodging27. The Voice of Happiness28. Open Your Own Treasure House29. No Water, No Moon30. Calling Card31. Everything is Best32. Inch Time Foot Gem2|Pa ge33.34.35.36.37.38.39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47.48.49.50.51.52.53.54.55.56.57.58.59.60.61.62.63.64.65.Mokusen's HandA Smile in His LifetimeEvery-Minute ZenFlower ShowerPublishing the SutrasGisho's WorkSleeping in the DaytimeIn DreamlandJoshu's ZenThe Dead Man's AnswerZen in a Beggar's LifeThe Thief Who Became a DiscipleRight and WrongHow Grass and Trees Become EnlightenedThe Stingy ArtistAccurate ProportionBlack-Nosed BuddhaRyonen's Clear RealizationSour MisoYour Light May Go OutThe Giver Should Be ThankfulThe Last Will and TestamentThe Tea-Master and The AssassinThe True PathThe Gates of ParadiseArresting the Stone BuddhaSoldiers of HumanityThe TunnelGudo and the EmperorIn the Hands of DestinyKillingKasan SweatThe Subjugation of a Ghost3|Pa ge66.67.68.69.70.71.72.73.74.75.76.77.78.79.80.81.82.83.84.85.86.87.88.89.90.91.92.93.94.95.96.97.98.99.Children of His MajestyWhat Are You Doing! What Are You Saying!One Note of ZenEating the BlameThe Most Valuable Thing in the WorldLearning to Be SilentThe Blockhead LordTen SuccessorsTrue ReformationTemperThe Stone MindNo Attachment to DustReal ProsperityIncense BurnerThe Real MiracleJust Go to SleepNothing ExistsNo Work, No FoodTrue FriendsTime to DieThe Living Buddha and the TubmakerThree Kinds of DisciplesHow to Write a Chinese PoemZen DialogueThe Last RapThe Taste of Banzo's SwordFire-Poker ZenStoryteller's ZenMidnight ExcursionA Letter to a Dying ManA Drop of WaterTeaching the UltimateNon-AttachmentTosui's Vinegar4|Pa ge100. The Silent Temple101. Buddha's ZenA Cup of TeaNan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received auniversity professor who came to inquire about Zen.Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept onpouring.The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrainhimself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!""Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions andspeculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"Finding a Diamond on a Muddy RoadGudo was the emperor's teacher of his time. Nevertheless, he used totravel alone as a wandering mendicant. Once when he was on his was toEdo, the cultural and political center of the shogunate, he approached alittle village named Takenaka. It was evening and a heavy rain was falling.Gudo was thoroughly wet. His straw sandals were in pieces. At afarmhouse near the village he noticed four or five pairs of sandals in thewindow and decided to buy some dry ones.The woman who offered him the sandals, seeing how wet he was, invitedhim in to remain for the night at her home. Gudo accepted, thanking her.He entered and recited a sutra before the family shrine. He then wasintroduced to the woman's mother, and to her children. Observing that theentire family was depressed, Gudo asked what was wrong."My husband is a gambler and a drunkard," the housewife told him. "Whenhe happens to win he drinks and becomes abusive. When he loses he5|Pa ge
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