Stories Links
- Afterhours Zen Stories Collection of traditional Zen stories.
- Zen Stories To Tell Your Neighbours Collection of stories with a Zen flavour.
- Zenarchy Entertaining collection of Zen stories.
- Traditional Buddhist Stories
- The Cucumber Sage A monk asked Wu-ming, "The Third Patriarch said, "The Great Way is without difficulty, just cease having preferences." How can you then delight in eating cucumbers, yet refuse to even take one bit of a carrot?" Wu-ming said, "I love cucumbers; I hate carrots!" The monk lurched back as though struck by a thunderbolt. Then laughing and sobbing and dancing about he exclaimed, "Liking cucumbers and hating carrots is without difficulty, just cease preferring the Great Way!"
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