The Student to Keep
Master Pangui was teaching Sutras to all his students. About a hundred students sat around him in semi-circles, row after row, listening...
A Troubled Doctor
There was once a military doctor. He went on crusades along with the army, and treated wounded soldiers. As soon as a solider had...
Buddha at Home
Yang was one of those who went far away from their homes to seek Truth. On his way to visit a famous master, he stopped at a teahouse and...
A Proud Farmer
B: One of my teachers once told us to never feel insecure if we have shortcomings compared to others. However, he added that if we are...


Zen in Naan and Tea
Naan and Tea Yun Men and Zhao Zhou were both famous masters who taught Chan in ancient China. Chan practitioners of later times have...


On Defense Against the Dark Arts
Heaven and Hell A general was tired from years of war and fighting, so he went to study with a Chan master. During his first class,...


A Dead Heart
An old woman in a village had been supporting a monk’s spiritual practice for many years. She built a thatched hut for him to study and...


Life is a Box of Chocolate
An Unhappy Wave “I am upset,” a small wave complained as it was ebbing and flowing towards the shore, “Some waves are huge and tall, but...


The Doorway to Zen
A Chan practitioner went to visit a Master who lived in the mountains. “Master,” asked the young practitioner when she finally arrived,...