These koans, or parables, were translated into English from a book called the Shaseki-shu (Collection of Stone and Sand), written late in the thirteenth century by the Japanese Zen teacher Muju (the "non-dweller"), and from anecdotes of Zen monks taken from various books published in Japan around the turn of the 20th century. Would you like to learn how Zen Koans pertain to Ninjitsu? Click here.

1. A Cup of Tea 4. Obedience 7. Announcement 10. The Last Poem of Hoshin 13. A Buddha 16. Not Far from Buddhahood 19. The First Principle 22. My Heart Burns Like Fire 25. Three Days More 28. Open Your Own Treasure House 31. Everything Is Best 34. A Smile in His Lifetime 37. Publishing the Sutras 40. In Dreamland 43. Zen in a Beggar's Life 46. How Grass & Trees Become Enlightened 49. Black-Nosed Buddha 52. Your Light May Go Out 55. The Tea-Master & the Assassin 58. Arresting the Stone Buddha 61. Gudo and the Emperor 64. Kasan Sweat 67. What Are You Doing! 70. The Most Valuable Thing in the World 73. Ten Successors 76. The Stone Mind 79. Incense Burner 82. Nothing Exists 85. Time to Die 88. How To Write a Chinese Poem 91. The Taste of Banzo's Sword 94. Midnight Excursion 97. Teaching the Ultimate 100. The Silent Temple 2. Finding a Diamond on a Muddy Road 5. If You Love, Love Openly 8. Great Waves 11. Story of Shunkai 14. Muddy Road 17. Stingy in Teaching 20. A Mother's Advice 23. Eshun's Departure 26. Trading Dialogue for Lodging 29. No Water, No Moon 32. Inch Time Foot Gem 35. Every-Minute Zen 38. Gisho's Work 41. Joshu's Zen 44. The Thief Who Became a Disciple 47. The Stingy Artist 50. Ryonen's Clear Realization 53. The Giver Should Be Thankful 56. The True Path 59. Soldiers of Humanity 62. In the Hands of Destiny 65. The Subjugation of a Ghost 68. One Note of Zen 71. Learning To Be Silent 74. True Reformation 77. No Attachment to Dust 80. The Real Miracle 83. No Work, No Food 86. The Living Buddha & the Tubmaker 89. Zen Dialogue 92. Fire-Poker Zen 95. A Letter to a Dying Man 98. Non-Attachment 101. Buddha's Zen 3. Is That So? 6. No Loving-Kindness 9. The Moon Cannot Be Stolen 12. Happy Chinaman 15. Shoun & His Mother 18. A Parable 21. Sound of One Hand 24. Reciting Sutras 27. Voice of Happiness 30. Calling Card 33. Mokusen's Hand 36. Flower Shower 39. Sleeping in the Daytime 42. The Dead Man's Answer 45. Right & Wrong 48. Accurate Proportion 51. Sour Miso 54. The Last Will & Testament 57. The Gates of Paradise 60. The Tunnel 63. Killing 66. Children of His Majesty 69. Eating the Blame 72. The Blockhead Lord 75. Temper 78. Real Prosperity 81. Just Go To Sleep 84. True Friends 87. Three Kinds of Disciples 90. The Last Rap 93. Storyteller's Zen 96. A Drop of Water 99. Tosui's Vinegar

 
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