Chuyện nàng Shunkai – The Story of Shunkai – Song ngữ
English: Nyogen Senzaki. Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật. Compile: Middle Way Group. 11. Chuyện nàng Shunkai – The Story of Shunkai – Song ngữ The exquisite Shunkai whose other name was Suzu was compelled to marry against her wishes when she was quite young. Later, after this marriage had ended, she attended…
Bài thơ cuối cùng – The Last Poem of Hoshin – Song ngữ
The Zen Master Hoshin lived in China many years. Then he returned to the northeastern part of Japan, where he taught his disciples. When he was getting very old, he told them a story he had heard in China. This is the story: Thiền sư Hoshin sống ở Trung Hoa nhiều năm rồi trở…
Vầng trăng không thể đánh cắp – The Moon Cannot Be Stolen – Song ngữ
Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing in it to steal. Thiền sư Ryokan sống hết sức thanh đạm trong một căn lều nhỏ dưới chân núi. Một…
Những đợt sóng lớn – Great Waves – Song ngữ
In the early days of the Meiji era there live a well-known wrestler called O-nami, Great Waves. O-nami was immensely strong and knew the art of wrestling. In his private bouts he defeated even his teacher, but in public he was so bashful that his own pupils threw him. Vào đầu thời Minh…
Thông báo – Announcement – Song ngữ
Tanzan wrote sixty postal cards on the last day of his life, and asked an attendant to mail them. Then he passed away. Ngày cuối đời, thiền sư Tanzan đã viết 60 tấm bưu thiếp và bảo người thị giả của ngài mang gửi hết đi. Rồi ngài viên tịch. The cards read:…
Chẳng động lòng thương – No Loving-Kindness – Song ngữ
There was an old woman in China who had supported a monk for over twenty years. She had built a little hut for him and fed him while he was meditating, finally she wondered just what progress he had made in all this time. Có một bà cụ ở Trung Hoa là thí chủ…
Hãy yêu công khai – If You Love, Love Openly – Song ngữ
Twenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain Zen master. Có 20 tăng sinh và một ni cô tên Eshun cùng theo học thiền với một vị thiền sư. Eshun was very pretty even though her head was shaved and her dress plain. Several monks secretly…
Người biết vâng lời – Obedience – Song ngữ
The master Bankei’s talks were attended not only by Zen students but by persons of all ranks and sects. He never quoted sutras not indulged in scholastic dissertations. Instead, his words were spoken directly from his heart to the hearts of his listeners. Những buổi giảng pháp của thiền sư Bankei không chỉ…
Thật thế sao? – Is That So? – Song ngữ
03. Thật thế sao? – Is That So? – Song ngữ The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbours as one living a pure life. A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near him. Suddenly, without any warning, her parents discovered she was with child. Thiền sư…
Hạt ngọc trong bùn – Finding a Diamond on a Muddy Road – Song ngữ
02. Hạt ngọc trong bùn – Song ngữ Gudo was the emperor’s teacher of his time. Nevertheless, he used to travel alone as a wandering mendicant. Once when he was on his way to Edo, the cultural and political center of the shogun ate, he approached a little village…