A few Buddhist Stories

Stories from the Pali Canon and the Jataka

• The Monkey King
• Upali converts to Buddhism
• What Brahma doesn't know
• "I'm awake"
• The story of Bahiya
• Sariputta and Mum
• Ananda's Enlightenment

• The Cucumber Sage (Ed - This story is my personal top favourite!)
• Worse than a clown
• The thief and the master
• "Is that so?"
• "The thief shall stay"
• Not far from Buddhahood
• Bankei's Miracle
• A lesson from Ryokan

• "Maybe"
• The Window
• Creatures in the river
• Limping puppy
• Making a difference
• The scorpion and the old man

Other Buddhist stories sites

• Zen Garden -- A site with a very nice collection of Zen Stories.
• Zen Stories to tell your neighbours -- An interesting Zen Stories site by an interesting guy.

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