The Taste of Banzo’s Sword
Matajuro Yagyu was the son of a famous swordsman. His father, believing that his son's work was too mediocre to...
Read moreMatajuro Yagyu was the son of a famous swordsman. His father, believing that his son's work was too mediocre to...
Read moreA rich man asked Sengai to write something for the continued prosperity of his family so that it might be...
Read moreA Zen student came to Bankei and complained: "Master, I have an ungovernable temper. How can I cure it?" "You...
Read moreKitano Gempo, abbot of Eihei temple, was ninety-two years old when he passed away in the year 1933. He endeavored...
Read moreZenkai, the son of a samurai, journeyed to Edo and there became the retainer of a high official. He fell...
Read moreA soldier named Nobushige came to Hakuin, and asked: "Is there really a paradise and a hell?" "Who are you?"...
Read moreA student of Tendai, a philosophical school of Buddhism, came to the Zen abode of Gasan as a pupil. When...
Read moreA nun who was searching for enlightenment made a statue of Buddha and covered it with gold leaf. Wherever she...
Read moreGessen was an artist monk. Before he would start a drawing or painting he always insisted upon being paid in...
Read moreDuring the Kamakura period, Shinkan studied Tendai six years and then studied Zen seven years; then he went to China...
Read moreOne evening as Shichiri Kojun was reciting sutras a thief with a sharp sword entered, demanding wither his money or...
Read moreWhen Mamiya, who later became a well-known preacher, went to a teacher for personal guidance, he was asked to explain...
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