Creative Parables

Seeing things holistically After years of searching, the seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. 'Ask the...

Who are you? Keiji, a long-time Zen student, approached his master and said: “I don’t see how there can be any enlightenment that sets you...

Be yourself!One day a crowd of people was walking along the road. Each carried his own cross on his shoulder.One person thought that his...

Never giving up! One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out...

Once Chuang Chou dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around,happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he...

Woodworker Qing carved a piece of wood and made a bell stand, and when it wasfinished, everyone who saw it marvelled, for it seemed to...

Rejoice in the Beauty of Orchids One Chan master loved orchids, and planted all sorts of different orchids. When his time was not occupied by giving...

Once upon the time there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years.One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing...

It is Enough Just to Be Alive One morning Master Lin-chi was in the temple. Soon a young man came in and sat nearby with...

     Once Rabbi Akiva was traveling with a donkey, rooster, and lantern.He came to a village seeking lodging. No one took him in. He...

A parable of the Way We Create Our Reality There was a king who built a huge palace. It was a palace in which all...

Paulo Coelho. Story from the AlchemistA merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered...