Welcome to the Buddhist stories / Zen stories page!
These spiritual Buddhist and Zen stories come from many sources, and although they are often simple to understand, it can take practicing monks years of study before they understand how to practically integrate the wisdom from these spiritual stories into their own lives. If you have Zen stories or Buddhist stories that you'd like to share that you feel would appeal to people of all religions and spiritual paths, please feel free to submit it using the link at the bottom of this page.
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The Banyan Deer – Featured Spiritual Story
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It is told about Gautama Buddha that he spent many lives in animal form, as various animals of the forest, before being born in human form as the prince, Siddhartha of the Sakhya clan. This story is about his life as King of the Deer.
Three kings come into our story. One is Brahmadatta, a man, King of Benares, who had a "deer park" - a large private hunting ground whereroamed a thousand deer. The second is the future Buddha, king of the Banyan Deer and golden in color, the third the king of... |
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Is That So? – Featured Spiritual Story
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The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbours as one living a pure life.
A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near him. Suddenly, without any warning, her parents discovered she was with child.
This made her parents angry. She would not confess who the man was, but after much harassment at last named Hakuin.
In great anger the parent went to the master. "Is that so?" was all he would say. |
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