Tanzan wrote sixty postal cards on the last day of his life, and asked an attendent to mail them. Then he passed away. The cards read: I am departing from this world. This is my last announcement. Tanzan July 27, 1892
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101 Zen Stories Index
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- 1. A Cup of Tea
- 2. Finding a Diamond on a Muddy Road
- 3. Is That So?
- 4. Obedience
- 5. If You Love, Love Openly
- 6. No Loving-Kindness
- 7. Announcement
- 8. Great Waves
- 9. The Moon Cannot Be Stolen
- 10. The Last Poem of Hoshin
- 11. The Story of Shunkai
- 12. Happy Chinaman
- 13. A Buddha
- 14. Muddy Road
- 15. Shoun & His Mother
- 16. Not Far from Buddhahood
- 17. Stingy in Teaching
- 18. A Parable
- 19. The First Principle
- 20. A Mother's Advice
- 21. The Sound of One Hand
- 22. My Heart Burns Like Fire
- 23. Eshun's Departure
- 24. Reciting Sutras
- 25. Three Days More
- 26. Trading Dialogue for Lodging
- 27. The Voice of Happiness
- 28. Open Your Own Treasure House
- 29. No Water, No Moon
- 30. Calling Card
- 31. Everything Is Best
- 32. Inch Time Foot Gem
- 33. Mokusen's Hand
- 34. A Smile in His Lifetime
- 35. Every-Minute Zen
- 36. Flower Shower
- 37. Publishing the Sutras
- 38. Gisho's Work
- 39. Sleeping in the Daytime
- 40. In Dreamland
- 41. Joshu's Zen
- 42. The Dead Man's Answer
- 43. Zen in a Beggar's Life
- 44. The Thief Who Became a Disciple
- 45. Right & Wrong
- 46. How Grass & Trees Become Enlightened
- 47. The Stingy Artist
- 48. Accurate Proportion
- 49. Black-Nosed Buddha
- 50. Ryonen's Clear Realization
- 51. Sour Miso
- 52. Your Light May Go Out
- 53. The Giver Should Be Thankful
- 54. The Last Will & Testament
- 55. The Tea-Master & the Assassin
- 56. The True Path
- 57. The Gates of Paradise
- 58. Arresting the Stone Buddha
- 59. Soldiers of Humanity
- 60. The Tunnel
- 61. Gudo and the Emperor
- 62. In the Hands of Destiny
- 63. Killing
- 64. Kasan Sweat
- 65. The Subjugation of a Ghost
- 66. Children of His Majesty
- 67. What Are You Doing! What Are You Saying!
- 68. One Note of Zen
- 69. Eating the Blame
- 70. The Most Valuable Thing in the World
- 71. Learning To Be Silent
- 72. The Blockhead Lord
- 73. Ten Successors
- 74. True Reformation
- 75. Temper
- 76. The Stone Mind
- 77. No Attachment to Dust
- 78. Real Prosperity
- 79. Incense Burner
- 80. The Real Miracle
- 81. Just Go To Sleep
- 82. Nothing Exists
- 83. No Work, No Food
- 84. True Friends
- 85. Time to Die
- 86. The Living Buddha & the Tubmaker
- 87. Three Kinds of Disciples
- 88. How To Write a Chinese Poem
- 89. Zen Dialogue
- 90. The Last Rap
- 91. The Taste of Banzo's Sword
- 92. Fire-Poker Zen
- 93. Storyteller's Zen
- 94. Midnight Excursion
- 95. A Letter to a Dying Man
- 96. A Drop of Water
- 97. Teaching the Ultimate
- 98. Non-Attachment
- 99. Tosui's Vinegar
- 100. The Silent Temple
- 101. Buddha's Zen
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