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English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group “The elder brother told the younger: “Go and request the dialogue in silence” “Vị sư huynh bảo người sư đệ: “Hãy đến đó và yêu cầu một cuộc tranh biện không dùng lời.”   Provided he makes and wins an argument…

English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group   Suiwo, the disciple of Hakuin, was a good teacher. During one summer seclusion period, a pupil came to him from a southern island of Japan. Suiwo gave him the problem: “Hear the sound of one hand.” Thiền sư Suiwo, đệ…

English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group   A farmer requested a Tendai priest to recite sutras for his wife, who had died. After the recitation was over the farmer asked: “Do you think my wife will gain merit from this?” Một nông dân thỉnh vị tăng phái…

English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group   When Eshun, the Zen nun, was past sixty and about to leave this world, she asked some monks to pile up wood in the yard. Khi vị ni sư Eshun đã qua tuổi 60 và sắp rời bỏ cõi đời…

English: Nyogen Senzaki Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật Compile: Lotus group Soyen Shaku, the first Zen teacher to come to America, said: “My heart burns like fire but my eyes are as cold as dead ashes.” He made the following rules which he practiced every day of his life. Thiền sư Soyen…

English: Nyogen Senzaki. Việt ngữ: Thiện Tri Thức Ba La Mật. Compile: Lotus group. The master of Kennin temple was Mokurai, Silent Thunder. He had a little protégé named Toyo, who was only twelve years old. Toyo saw the older disciples visit the master’s room each morning and evening to receive instruction in sanzen or…