I know the tradition of koan - Soto zen style and this books includes brief comments (1-2pages) on a story with a Zen or a Buddhist background.

It works as a sacred sound that brings blessings to ourself and others, and as a tool to transform our mind into one that is more compassionate and wise. If we are willing to look long enough in the mirror of zazen, past seeing ourselves as objects, we have the potential to see that we are nature itself—we are born and will die, just as the trees, flowers, and animals in the wild do. Now, Insight Meditation teacher Shaila Catherine offers an accessible approach to training the mind that is guided by the Buddha’s pragmatic instructions on removing distracting thoughts. Each story is accompanied by a reflection by a contemporary woman teacher—personal responses that help bring the old stories alive for readers today—and concluded by a final meditation for the reader, a question from the editors meant to spark further rumination and inquiry. I discussed all this over lunch in a Korean restaurant in Oakland with my dharma friend Jim Willems, who practices deeply with chronic pain, and who has had wide exposure to dharma and other spiritual lineages.

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Ohashi sold herself to a brothel to support her impoverished family after her samurai father lost his position.

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