A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What...

I once picked up a woman from a garbage dump and she was burning with fever; she was in her...

Once, Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers. This was in the...

When Alexander the Great appeared before the Greek leaders in Corinth, they greeted him warmly and paid him lavish compliments...

Two Zen teachers, Daigu and Gudo, were invited to visit a lord. Upon arriving, Gudo said to the lord: "You...

One of my favorite memories is of a family trip to Florida with my older sister, her two children, and...

Tangen had studied with Sengai since childhood. When he was twenty he wanted to leave his teacher and visit others...

Years ago a John Hopkins professor gave a group of graduate students this assignment: Go to the slums. Take 200...

On this morning a year ago (April 16, 2010), my mother quietly passed from this life into God’s arms. She...

God created the donkey and said to him, "You will work unceasingly from sunrise to sunset carrying burdens on your...

Ikkyu, a famous Zen teacher of the Ashikaga era, was the son of the emperor. When he was very young,...