Where Is Your Buddha Nature? : Stories to Instruct and Inspire

by YUN, HSING

• ISBN13: 9780834804494
• ISBN10: 0834804492
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Weatherhill

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(17)
Stories About the Buddha
The Buddha's Sense of Equality	17	(1)
Sweep and Clean	18	(2)
Breaking the Precepts to Save a Life	20	(1)
Two Begging Bowls	21	(1)
Two Robes	22	(1)
Carrying His Father's Coffin	23	(1)
Caring for the ill	24	(1)
Higher Love	25	(1)
Practice Is Like Tuning a String	26	(1)
A Representative	27	(2)
Stories About Ch'an Masters
Getting to the Point	29	(1)
The Tears of a Master	30	(1)
Not for the Sake of Anger	31	(1)
Over the Wall	32	(1)
Borrowing from Buddha	33	(1)
Master Ikkyu Suns His Sutra	34	(1)
I Have a Tongue Too!	34	(1)
The Master Becomes a Son-in-Law	35	(2)
Stories About People
A Neighbor's Love	37	(1)
A Father's Regrets, A Mother's Love	38	(2)
The Wild Crane Is Free to Soar	40	(1)
A Little Girl on a Bus	41	(1)
There Are Eyes in Heaven	42	(1)
A Successful Benefactor	43	(1)
A Late Guest	44	(1)
Spiritual Weaponry	44	(1)
Fruit Faces	45	(1)
A Child's Love	46	(1)
Practice What You Preach	47	(2)
Where Is Your Buddha Nature?	49	(2)
Stories About Devotees
Behind the Scenes	51	(1)
Hello Teacher!	52	(1)
Fearlessness	53	(1)
Lotus Gesture	54	(1)
The Whole World Is Yours	55	(1)
This Is My Home	56	(1)
One of Buddha's Workers	57	(1)
Loyalty	58	(1)
Inner Engines	59	(1)
Buddha's Light Tea	59	(2)
A Promise	61	(1)
Believing Versus Practicing Buddhism	62	(1)
Only Love Can Win Love	63	(1)
I Couldn't Wait Any Longer	64	(1)
Earning Joy	64	(3)
Stories About Myself
Speechless Chicks	67	(1)
A Child's Heart	67	(1)
A Teacher's Heart	68	(1)
Sneaking Out at Night	69	(1)
Refugees at Ch'i Hsia Shan Temple	70	(1)
A Half Bowl of Pickles	71	(1)
The Sangha Relief Unit	72	(1)
An Unorthodox Way to Help	73	(1)
Universal Gate	73	(2)
Giving Up My Studies	75	(1)
A Humanistic Buddhist	76	(1)
To See the Sun Again	77	(1)
A Tireless Worker	78	(1)
Helping a Helper	79	(1)
His Contribution	80	(1)
Paying Extra for Shoes	81	(1)
Some Children Named Li	81	(1)
Adding Parents	82	(1)
A Mouthful of Good Teeth	83	(1)
Standing In for Buddha to Give Thanks	84	(1)
The Price of a Bowl of Noodles	85	(1)
Taking Refuge Over the Phone	86	(1)
Leave No One Behind	87	(1)
Kitchen Work	88	(1)
The Price of Master's Calligraphy	89	(1)
A Little Dandelion	90	(1)
Kindness	90	(1)
A Thirty-Year Wait	91	(2)
Buying a Watch	93	(1)
Recuperation and Fruit	94	(1)
I See All of You	94	(1)
A Resolution for 2/28	95	(2)
Stories About Disciples
Little Novices Sleeping	97	(1)
A Good Method	98	(1)
Ice Capades	99	(1)
Nylon Stockings	99	(1)
Turning Weapons into Jade and Silk	100	(2)
Sympathy	102	(1)
Wind and Rain Increased His Faith	102	(1)
An Uninvited Friend	103	(1)
Li Ku	104	(1)
Friendship Based on a Book	105	(1)
A Thirty-Year Promise	106	(1)
They Came for the Dharma	106	(1)
A Loving and Respectful Disciple	107	(2)
Stories About Animals
If It Hadn't Been for the Dog	109	(1)
Raising a Monkey	110	(1)
People Are Slow Learners	111	(1)
Traffic Stop	112	(1)
Returning to Nature	113	(1)
Adding Color	114	(1)
Man Ti Runs Away	115	(2)
Living with a Snake	117	(1)
Black Tiger	118	(3)
Stories About Monastics
The Car	121	(1)
Looking for a Home Outside of Home	122	(1)
Strength and Faith	123	(1)
Lending Money	123	(1)
Two Nuns and Their Little Guest	124	(2)
A Nun's Heart	126	(1)
A Thief in Ch'an Hall	127	(1)
The Pure Land	128	(1)
Giving Others Joy	129	(1)
I'll Take That on Myself	130	(1)
My Father	131	(1)
You're the Only One	131	(1)
Planting Seeds for Her Son	132	(1)
Lost in Tibet	133	(2)
Brotherhood	135	(1)
Deserving Their Fame	135	(1)
Warmth and Kindness in Another Land	136	(2)
Photographs	138	(3)
Glossary	141