Posts by Middle Way
Ý nguyện cuối cùng và di thư – The Last Will and Testament – Song ngữ
101 Zen Koans stories 101 Công Án Thiền English: Nyogen Senzaki. Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật. Compile: Lotus group. Ikkyu, a famous Zen teacher of the Ashikaga era, was the son of the emperor. When he was very young, his mother left the palace and went to study Zen in a…
Read MoreNgười cho phải biết ơn – The Giver Should Be Thankful – Song ngữ
101 Zen Koans stories 101 Công Án Thiền English: Nyogen Senzaki. Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật. Compile: Lotus group. While Seisetsu was the master of Engaku in Kamakura he required larger quarters, since those in which he was teaching were over-crowded. Khi thiền sư Seisetsu giáo hóa ở chùa Engaku tại Kamakura,…
Read MoreKhông còn sáng tỏ – Your Light May Go Out – Song ngữ
101 Zen Koans stories 101 Công Án Thiền English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group A student of Tendan, a philosophical school of Buddhism, came to the Zen abode of Gasan as a pupil. Một tăng sinh theo tông Thiên Thai (Nhật), một trường phái triết học…
Read MoreThức ăn ngon – Sour Miso – Song ngữ
101 Zen Koans stories 101 Công Án Thiền English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group The cook monk Dairyo, at Bankei’s monastery, decided that he would take good care of his old teacher’s health and give him only fresh miso, a basic of soy beans mixed with…
Read MoreLiễu ngộ – Ryonen’s Clear Realization – Song ngữ
101 Zen Koans stories 101 Công Án Thiền English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group The Buddhist nun known as Ryonen was born in 1797. She was a granddaughter of the famous Japanese warrior Shingen. Her poetical genius and alluring beauty were such that at seventeen she…
Read MoreTượng Phật mũi đen – Black-Nosed Buddha – Song ngữ
101 Zen Koans stories 101 Công Án Thiền English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group A nun who was searching for enlightenment made a statue of Buddha and covered it with gold leaf. Wherever she went she carried this golden Buddha with her. Một ni cô đang…
Read MoreĐộ chính xác – Accurate Proportion – Song ngữ
101 Zen Koans stories 101 Công Án Thiền English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group Sen no Rikyu, a tea-master, wished to hang a flower basket on a column. He asked a carpenter to help him, directing the man to place it a little higher or lower,…
Read MoreHọa sĩ tham tiền – The Stingy Artist – Song ngữ
101 Zen Koans stories 101 Công Án Thiền English: Nyogen Senzaki. Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật. Compile: Lotus group. Gessen was an artist monk. Before he would start a drawing or painting he always insisted upon being paid in advance, and his fees were high. He was known as the “Stingy…
Read MoreCỏ cây giác ngộ – How Grass and Trees Become Enlightened – Song ngữ
101 Zen Koans stories 101 Công Án Thiền English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group During the Kamakura period, Shinkan studied Tendai six years and then studied Zen seven years; then he went to China and contemplated Zen for thirteen years more. Vào thời đại Liêm Thương…
Read MorePhân biệt đúng sai – Right and Wrong – Song ngữ
101 Zen Koans stories 101 Công Án Thiền English: Nyogen Senzaki. Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật. Compile: Lotus group. When Bankei held his seclusion-weeks of meditation, pupils from many parts of Japan came to attend. During one of these gatherings a pupil was caught stealing. The matter was reported to Bankei…
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