101 Zen Stories

101 Zen Stories transcribed by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps

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  • Title
  • Introduction
  • The Stories
  • 1. A Cup of Tea
  • 2. Finding a Diamond on a Muddy Road
  • 3. Is That So?
  • 4. Obedience
  • 5. If You Love, Love Openly
  • 6. No Loving Kindness
  • 7. Announcement
  • 8. Great Waves
  • 9. The Moon Cannot Be Stolen
  • 10. The Last Poem of Ho-Shin
  • 11. The Story of Shun-Kai
  • 12. Happy Chinaman
  • 13. A Buddha
  • 14. Muddy Road
  • 15. Sho-Un and His Mother
  • 16. Not Far From Buddhahood
  • 17. Stingy in Teaching
  • 18. A Parable
  • 19. The First Principle
  • 20. A Mother's Advice
  • 21. The Sound of One Hand
  • 22. My Heart Burns Like Fire
  • 23. E-Shun's Departure
  • 24. Reciting Sutras
  • 25. Three Days More
  • 26. Trading Dialogue for Lodging
  • 27. The Voice of Happiness
  • 28. Open Your Own Treasure House
  • 29. No Water, No Moon
  • 30. Calling Card
  • 31. Everything is Best
  • 32. Inch Time Foot Gem
  • 33. Moku-Sen's Hand
  • 34. A Smile in His Lifetime
  • 35. Every Minute Zen
  • 36. Flower Shower
  • 37. Publishing the Sutras
  • 38. Gi-Sho's Work
  • 39. Sleeping in the Daytime
  • 40. In Dreamland
  • 41. Jo-Shu's Zen
  • 42. The Dead Man's Answer
  • 43. Zen in a Beggar's Life
  • 44. The Thief Who Became A Disciple
  • 45. Right and Wrong
  • 46. How Grass and Trees Become Enlightened
  • 47. The Stingy Artist
  • 48. Accurate Proportion
  • 49. Black-Nosed Buddha
  • 50. Ryo-Nen's Clear Realization
  • 51. Sour Miso
  • 52. Your Light May Go Out
  • 53. The Giver Should Be Thankful
  • 54. The Last Will and Testament
  • 55. The Tea Master and the Assassin
  • 56. The True Path
  • 57. The Gates of Paradise
  • 58. Arresting the Stone Buddha
  • 59. Soldiers of Humanity
  • 60. The Tunnel
  • 61. Gu-Do and the Emperor
  • 62. In The Hands Of Destiny
  • 63. Killing
  • 64. Ka-San Sweat
  • 65. The Subjugation of a Ghost
  • 66. Children of His Majesty
  • 67. What are you doing! What are you saying!
  • 68. One Note of Zen
  • 69. Eating the Blame
  • 70. The Most Valuable Thing in the World
  • 71. Learning to Be Silent
  • 72. The Blockhead Lord
  • 73. Ten Successors
  • 74. True Reformation
  • 75. Temper
  • 76. The Stone Mind
  • 77. No Attachment for Dust
  • 78. Real Prosperity
  • 79. Incense Burner
  • 80. The Real Miracle
  • 81. Just Go To Sleep
  • 82. Nothing Exists
  • 83. No Work, No Food
  • 84. True Friends
  • 85. Time to Die
  • 86. The Living Buddha and the Tubmaker
  • 87. Three Kinds of Disciples
  • 88. How to Write a Chinese Poem
  • 89. Zen Dialogue
  • 90. The Last Rap
  • 91. The Taste of Ban-Zo's Sword
  • 92. Fire-Poker Zen
  • 93. Story-Teller's Zen
  • 94. Midnight Excursion
  • 95. Letter to a Dying Man
  • 96. A Drop of Water
  • 97. Teaching the Ultimate
  • 98. Non-Attachment
  • 99. To-Sui's Vinegar
  • 100. The Silent Temple
  • 101. The Buddha's Zen

Books

  • Zen Flesh Zen Bones - compiled by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki
  • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind - by Shunryu Suzuki
  • What The Buddha Taught - by Walpola Rahula
  • The Accidental Buddhist - by Dinty W. Moore
  • Jonathan Livingston Seagull - by Richard Bach
  • Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah - by Richard Bach
  • The Way of the Bull - by Leo Buscaglia

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