Ripples on the Mirrored Lake
As surely as sowing must come before the harvest, and as surely as a pebble thrown into a still pool […]
The Greatful Elephant
Where there’s a will, there’s a way! Relying on Noble-heart. This parable was related by the Teacher while he was […]
You Don’t Die Till You’re Dead
A herbalist, a stone carver and a cook were very close friends, even though the herbalist was a Bonpo, the […]
The Color of the Name
The villagers of Kudang, a mix of Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Bonpo, Pagans and Animists, with antecedents from India, China and […]
Journey to Bone and Ash
There was once an old woman called Dechen. People called her Dechen Budhi – Dechen, the old woman. She wasn’t […]
Ramayan
The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic which follows Prince Rama’s quest to rescue his beloved wife Sita from the […]
The Magic Pitcher
Long, long ago there lived far away in Nepal a woodcutter called Maila Dai and his family, who were all […]
A Useless Life
Buddhist Moral (Zen) story translated by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki. A farmer got so old that he couldn’t work […]
A Lakh of Rupees for a Piece of Advice
A poor blind Brahman and his wife were dependent on their son for their subsistence. Every day the young fellow […]