Lost Son
This is a beautiful story of Buddha. “A young widower, who loved his five-year-old son very much, was away on business when bandits came who burned down the whole village and took his son away. When the man returned, he … Continued
Practice of Tao
On one occasion Hyakujo said, ”If we are attached to a viewpoint that we are naturally the Buddhas and that we are in Zen Buddhism because we are originally pure and enlightened, we are among non-Buddhists who deny causality.” At … Continued
The Greatest Offering
This is a story about the Buddha’s one of the main disciple Sariputta. Sariputta once went to his uncle and said, “Brahmin, do you ever do a single good deed?” I do, Venerable.” uncle said “What do you do?” Sariputta said “Month after … Continued
One Pacifying Word Is Noble
Tambadanhika served the king as an executioner of thieves for fifty-five years. In old age he could no longer cut off a man’s head with a single blow. On the day he was retired from office, he gave orders that sweet milk-porridge … Continued
Passion’s Fever Gone
Now on a certain occasion Devadatta joined forces with Ajatasattu, climbed Vulture Peak, and out of the wickedness of his heart, saying to himself, “I will kill the Buddha,” hurled down a rock. Two mountain crags caught the rock and splintered it; but … Continued