Zen Stories or Koans are short tales designed to open the mind to new ways of thinking. They often do not follow what we would consider rational thought, but that’s the point. By removing yourself from what you would call normal or rational, you can see the world from a new perspective.
Here are a few shorter proverbs as well as some links at the end to longer stories:
Do not speak unless it improves on silence
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After enlightenment, the laundry.
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When walking, walk. When eating, eat.
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Those who know don’t tell and those who tell don’t know.
We all do it. Something happens and we sigh, “It’s the story of my life!”
My grandmother was a stern country woman, an adamant—even rabid—teetotaler (I’m sure there was a story behind that, although I never heard it). Nonetheless, she surely did enjoy her hard cider. Of course, no one ever dared to suggest just why she might be so fond of it. Believe me, that was one lady you didn’t want to cross. My grandmother was the type who would wag a finger in the face of a little girl (like me!) and demand to know, “Just what have you been up to young lady? Now don’t you go telling me any stories…”
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