Thiền Triệu Châu – Joshu’s Zen – Song ngữ
101 Zen Koans stories 101 Công Án Thiền English: Nyogen Senzaki. Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật. Compile: Lotus group. “I have just come here and know nothing. What are my duties?” Joshu zen master asked, “What is your name?” The monk answered, “Hui-han”. “Tôi vừa đến đây và không biết gì. Nhiệm…
Trong cõi mộng – In Dreamland – Song ngữ
English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group “Our schoolmaster used to take a nap every afternoon,” related a disciple of Soyen Shaku. “We children asked him why he did it and he told us: ‘I go to dreamland to meet the old sages just as Confucius did.’…
Ngủ ngày – Sleeping in the daytime – Song ngữ
English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group The master Soyen Shaku passed from this world when he was sixty-one years of age. Fulfilling his life’s work, he left a great teaching, far richer than that of most Zen masters. His pupils used to sleep in the daytime…
Cuộc đời Ni Sư Gisho – Nun Gisho’s Work – Song ngữ
English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group Gisho was ordained as a nun when she was ten years old. She received training just as the little boys did. When she reached the age of sixteen she traveled from one Zen master to another, studying with them all.…
Ấn tống kinh điển – Publishing the Sutras – Song ngữ
English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group Tetsugen, a devotee of Zen in Japan, decided to publish the sutras, which at that time were available only in Chinese. The books were to be printed with wood blocks in an edition of seven thousand copies, a tremendous undertaking. Ngài…
Mưa hoa – Flower Shower – Song ngữ
English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group Subhuti was Buddha’s disciple. He was able to understand the potency of emptiness, the viewpoint that nothing exists except in its relationship of subjectivity and objectivity. Ngài Tu-bồ-đề là đệ tử Phật. Ngài có khả năng thấu triệt được tác…
Thiền miên mật – Every-Minute Zen – Song ngữ
English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group Zen students are with their masters at least ten years before they presume to teach others. Nan-in was visited by Tenno, who having passed his apprenticeship, had become a teacher. Các thiền sinh thường theo học với thầy ít nhất…
Nụ cười cuối đời – A Smile in His Lifetime – Song ngữ
English: Nyogen Senzaki. Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật. Compile: Lotus group. Mokugen was never known to smile until his last day on earth. When his time came to pass away he said to his faithful ones: “You have studied under me for more than ten years. Show me your real interpretation…
Bài học bàn tay – Mokusen’s Hand – Song ngữ
English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group Mokusen Hiki was living in a temple in the province of Tamba. One of his adherents complained of the stinginess of his wife. Thiền sư Mokusen Hiki đang sống ở một ngôi chùa thuộc tỉnh Tamba. Một trong các vị thí…
Mỗi khắc một phân vàng – Inch Time Foot Gem – Song ngữ
English: Nyogen Senzaki. Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật. Compile: Lotus group. A lord asked Takuan, a Zen teacher, to suggest how he might pass the time. He felt his days very long attending his office and sitting stiffly to receive the homage of others. Một lãnh chúa đến nhờ thiền sư…