This is a beautiful Zen story. One day Ejo, (meaning solitary cloud) called on the zen master, Dogen. Dogen cited the saying, ”one hair pierces myriad holes,” to question him closely. Ejo trusted in Dogen and surrendered to him. After that, he … Continued
The great Zen Master, Nansen, was getting very old and was waiting for his successor to arrive. In fact, he was ready to leave the body but was just hanging around for the successor to come so he could transfer whatsoever he … Continued
One day Nansen was working on the mountain with a sickle. One day nansen was working on the mountain with a sickle. A monk came up the mountain path and asked, without knowing to whom he was talking, ”how can i get … Continued
This is an enlighten Zen Story. Once there was a Zen master named Sekito, meaning stonehead, so called because he constructed a hut on a big, flat stone which he found in a mountain, and lived there. One day a … Continued
This is a very interesting Zen story about the final words of a great Zen master Roshi Taji. As a great Zen master Roshi Taji approached death, his senior disciples assembled at his bedside. One of them, remembering the roshi was … Continued