引用第1楼植物手机链于2006-11-04 18:17发表的:too abstruse
引用第4楼laputa于2006-11-05 22:06发表的:Finding a Diamond on a Muddy RoadGudo was the emperor's teacher of his time. Nevertheless, he used to travel alone as a wandering mendicant. Once when he was on his was to Edo, the cultural and political center of the shogunate, he approached a little village named Takenaka. It was evening and a heavy rain was falling. Gudo was thoroughly wet. His straw sandals were in pieces. At a farmhouse near the village he noticed four or five pairs of sandals in the window and decided to buy some dry ones.The woman who offered him the sandals, seeing how wet he was, invited him in to remain for the night at her home. Gudo accepted, thanking her. He entered and recited a sutra before the family shrine. He then was introduced to the woman's mother, and to her children. Observing that the entire family was depressed, Gudo asked what was wrong........
引用第5楼laputa于2006-11-07 11:18发表的:Is That So?The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbors as one living a pure life........
引用第10楼laputa于2006-11-08 09:17发表的:If You Love, Love OpenlyTwenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain Zen master.Eshun was very pretty even though her head was shaved and her dress plain. Several monks secretly fell in love with her. One of them wrote her a love letter, insisting upon a private meeting........
引用第11楼laputa于2006-11-10 22:11发表的:No Loving - KindnessThere 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........
引用第13楼channing于2006-11-10 23:12发表的:so this story just want to tell us that we should feel grateful and appriciation toward other's kindness..or want to convey something more deep.....
