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Osho Zen Stories

1. Drop all 'isms'
2. Mind of a Sage
3. Judging a saint
4. The Fake Monk
5. Rinzai's Answer
6. Mystic Rengetsu
7. Zen Master Sekito
8. Zen Sage & Thief
9. Zen Master in Jail
10. Buddha’s message
     
11. The Game of Chess
12. Innocence is Divine
13. Master's Compassion
14. Knowledge is Trouble
15. Respond with awareness
16. Tetsugen 3 set of sutras
17. You are already a Buddha
18. Sound of one Hand Clapping
19. Master waits 4 right Moment

Paul Reps 101 Zen Stories

1. Stories 1 - 2
2. Stories 3 - 4
3. Stories 5 - 7
4. Stories 8-9
5. Stories 10
6. Stories 11
7. Stories 12-14
8. Stories 15-16
9. Stories 17-18
    
10. Stories 19 - 21
11. Stories 22 - 24
12. Stories 25 - 27
13. Stories 28 - 32
14. Stories 33 - 36
15. Stories 37 - 38
16. Stories 39 - 41
17. Stories 42 - 44
18. Stories 45 - 46
     
19. Stories 47 - 48
20. Stories 49 - 50
21. Stories 51 - 53
22. Stories 54 - 56
23. Stories 57 - 59
24. Stories 60 - 61
25. Stories 62 - 64
26. Stories 65 - 66
27. Stories 67 - 68
     
28. Stories 69 - 72
29. Stories 73 - 75
30. Stories 76 - 78
31. Stories 79 - 82
32. Stories 83 - 86
33. Stories 87 - 89
34. Stories 90 - 91
35. Stories 92 - 94
36. Stories 95 - 97
37. Stories 98 -101

83. No Work, No Food

Hyakujo, the Chinese Zen master, used to labor with his pupils even at the age of eighty, trimming the gardens, cleaning the grounds, and pruning the trees.

The pupils felt sorry to see the old teacher working so hard, but they knew he would not listen to their advice to stop, so they hid away his tools.

That day the master did not eat. The next day he did not eat, nor the next. 'He may be angry because we have hidden his tools,' the pupils surmised. 'We had better put than back.'

The day they did, the teacher worked and ate the same as before. In the evening he instructed them: 'No work no food.'


84. True Friends

A long time ago in China there were two friends, one who played the harp skillfully and one who listened skillfully. When the one played or sang about a mountain, the other would say: 'I can see the mountain before us.'

When the one played about water, the listener would exclaim: 'Here is the running stream!' But the listener fell sick and died. The first friend cut the strings of his harp and never played again. Since that time the cutting of harp strings has always been a sign of intimate friendship.


85. Time to Die

Ikkyu, the Zen master, was very clever even as a boy. His teacher had a precious teacup, a rare antique. Ikkyu happened to break this cup and was greatly perplexed. Hearing the footsteps of his teacher, he held the pieces of the cup behind him.

When the master appeared, Ikkyu asked: 'Why do people have to die?'
‘This is natural,' explained the older man. 'Everything has to die and has just so long to live.'
Ikkyu, producing the shattered cup, added: 'It was time for your cup to die.'


86 The Living Buddha and the Tubmaker

Zen masters give personal guidance in a secluded room. No one enters while teacher and pupil are together.

Mokurai, the Zen master of Kennin temple in Kyoto, used to enjoy talking with merchants and newspapermen as well as with his pupils. A certain tubmaker was almost illiterate. He would ask foolish questions of Mokurai have tea, and then
go away.

One day while the tubmaker was there Mokurai wished to give personal guidance to a disciple so he asked the tubmaker to wait in another room.

'I understand you are a living Buddha,' the man protested. 'Even the stone Buddha’s in the temple never refuse the numerous persons who come together before them. Why then should I be excluded?' Mokurai had to go outside to see his disciple.