We hope you enjoyed these 5 Zen short stories. If you do this, then whatever problem you brought here today will be solved.” Final Thoughts “Everyone you may meet in life, even if they appear plain and insignificant… see each of them as a wise Holy Man. He stopped and turned to the servant, “But I want to see the Holy Man!” Before he knew it, he had been led to the back door and escorted outside. As they walked through the house, the man from the village looked eagerly around the house, anticipating his encounter with the Holy Man. “I would like to see the wise Holy Man,” he said to the servant. When he arrived at the house, he saw an old servant inside who greeting him at the door. A man from the village decided to make the long and difficult journey to visit him. Word spread across the countryside about the wise Holy Man who lived in a small house atop the mountain. This is my seeing and not seeing.” Zen Story #5: The Holy Man What I do not see is the right and wrong and good and bad of other people. The Master said: “What I see are the waverings and wanderings of my own mind. The Master hit him three times with his stick and asked: “When I hit you, does it hurt or not?” The master replied, “When you have one eye on the goal, you only have one eye on the path.” Zen Story#4: Seeing and UnseeingĪccording to The Platform Sutra, Shen Hui asked the Sixth Patriarch: “When you sit in meditation, High Master, do you see or not?” “At each time that I say I will work harder, you say it will take me longer. “But, I do not understand,” said the disappointed student. “Well, twenty years,” replied the master. The student then said, “But what if I work very, very hard and really apply myself to learn fast. The Master thought about this, then replied, “Ten years.” “The hunter who chases two rabbits,” answered the master, “catches neither one.” Zen Story #3: Time Needed to Learn ZenĪ young but earnest Zen student approached his teacher, and asked the Zen Master: “If I work very hard and diligent how long will it take for me to find Zen?” In addition to learning from you, I’d like to study with another teacher in order to learn another style. “I’d like to improve my knowledge of the martial arts. The Buddha replied, “I am awake.” Zen Story #2: Chasing RabbitsĪ martial arts student approached his teacher with a question. “Well, then, are you some kind of magician or wizard?”
The man stopped and asked, “ My friend, what are you? Are you a celestial being or a god?” It is said that soon after his enlightenment the Buddha passed a man on the road who was struck by the Buddha’s extraordinary radiance and peaceful presence. 5 Short Zen Stories with Profound Life Lessons Zen Story #1: The Awakening of Buddha
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