Zen Stories
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About Zen Stories
Zen Stories for your Android. Feel the real wisdom and zen philosophy of teachers of the past . In this little application you will dive into wonderful world of zen teaching by reading wisdom words accompanied with zen meditation sounds and music.
Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that developed in China during the 6th century as Chán. From China, Zen spread south to Vietnam, northeast to Korea and East to Japan.
The word Zen is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 (dʑjen) (pinyin: Chán), which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "absorption" or "meditative state". (Source: Wikipedia)
One of the great zen stories:
A Cup of Tea
Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912) received a university professor who came to inquire about
Zen.
Nan-in saved tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.
The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. 'It is overfull. No more will go in!'
‘Like this cup,' Nan-in said. ‘You are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you
first empty your cup? '
Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that developed in China during the 6th century as Chán. From China, Zen spread south to Vietnam, northeast to Korea and East to Japan.
The word Zen is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the Middle Chinese word 禪 (dʑjen) (pinyin: Chán), which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "absorption" or "meditative state". (Source: Wikipedia)
One of the great zen stories:
A Cup of Tea
Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912) received a university professor who came to inquire about
Zen.
Nan-in saved tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.
The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. 'It is overfull. No more will go in!'
‘Like this cup,' Nan-in said. ‘You are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you
first empty your cup? '
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What are users saying about Zen Stories
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Good collection of stories
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Enlightening
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It's not working on my Samsung Galaxy S6, crashes 5 seconds after opening
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Great
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Stories are good but I couldn't take the type-os anymore. Uninstall
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Collection of Good Zen Stories
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Never got past pressing app icon! Crashed agter opening for 5 seconds. Had to take many deep breaths before uninstalling
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Wonderful. Could be more useful if it can be sent through what's up
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Its a good read it takes someinsight but it needs to be improved its hard to read the print maybe if they change the color of the words
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there is a lot to be learned
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Awesome ... Read it many times and u will understand the same stories in many different ways
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Amazing simplicity and better Zen Koans of Zen masters. Using app for 2 years.
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Need to be collected
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Nice small stories which can put our intellect to think differently.
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Good book to learn virturs
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Gives me wisdom
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Awesome insight
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...way too many spelling errors. Too many times I was stopped in the middle of a story because I had to try to figure out what word the app developer was trying to use. This was just laziness on the developer's part. It really lessened my enjoyment of the app.
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But do add more and more frequently
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Worst app doesn't work at all give 0 star if possible
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...way too many spelling errors. Too many times I was stopped in the middle of a story because I had to try to figure out what word the app developer was trying to use. This was just laziness on the developer's part. It really lessened my enjoyment of the app.
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Inspiring and wise.
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Easy to get to during busy days when i need a little centering.
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Would like more stories!
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Profound Knowledge about Spirituality
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Good app for info
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Too good!!
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But stories written in dark portion makes little bit difficulty in reading
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These stories are great for sharing with friends they are inspiring and motivating. I at times use them at my morning meetings. Kindly add more stories.
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Can't describe the joy I get from reading it
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I was surprised how good the ui is. Even the advertising is done in a zen way (not intrusive). I'm impressed.
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Add more stories... The collection seems to less in number... Excellent graphics and presentation...
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But do add more and more frequently
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Very profound koans. I just hope there were more.
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Great! ! Nice work! !
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Helps with everyday thought.
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Awesome art
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Nice
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Absolutely amazing
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Amazing type of book App