Yamaoka Tesshu, as a young student of Zen, visited one master after another. He called upon Dokuon of Shokoku. Desiring...

While professional soccer is still struggling to find a firm foothold in the United States, in the 1970s the North...

The Zen Master Hoshin lived in China many years. Then he returned to the northeastern part of Japan, where he...

Hakuin used to tell his pupils about an old woman who had a teashop, praising her understanding of Zen. The...

An old farmer had plowed around a large rock in one of his fields for years. He had broken several...

Tosui was the Zen master who left the formalism of temples to live under a bridge with beggars. When he...

A cosmic god had a horse. The horse was beautiful and also it had many good qualities. But it wanted...

Just before Ninakawa passed away the Zen master Ikkyu visited him. "Shall I lead you on?" Ikkyu asked. Ninakawa replied:...

Daibai asked Baso: "What is Buddha?" Baso said: "This mind is Buddha." If anyone wholly understands this, he is wearing...

Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said: "The flag is moving." The other said: "The wind is moving."...

Tokusan was studying Zen under Ryutan. One night he came to Ryutan and asked many questions. The teacher said: "The...

A monk asked Nansen: "Is there a teaching no master ever preached before?" Nansen said: "Yes, there is." "What is...