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A Flock of Fools : Ancient Buddhist Tales of Wisdom and Laughter from the One Hundred Parable Sutra
Author Levitt, Peter ; Tanahashi, Kazuaki
Date2004.05
Pages206
PublisherGrove Press
Publisher Url http://library.stmarytx.edu/pgpress/
LocationSan Antonio, TX, US [聖安東尼奧, 德克薩斯州, 美國]
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
Keyword佛教人物=Buddhist; 佛教文學=Buddhist Literature; 佛教經典=Buddhist Scriptures=Sutra; 法師=Master; 長行=契經=修多羅=Sutra; 信心=Belief=Faith; 慈悲心=Compassion=Metta=Loving Kindness=Maitri; 道元=Dogen
AbstractOne hundred illuminating tales of the foibles and follies of everyday fools, this elegant, humorous, and masterful little book of wisdom is a welcome addition to the Buddhist canon "The One Hundred Parable Sutra" is known as the most humorous sutra in all of Buddhist literature. Here, Kazuaki Tanahashi, the celebrated translator, calligrapher, and Dogen scholar, and Peter Levitt, an award-winning poet, storyteller, and Zen practitioner, have translated and retold these jewel-like parables with storytelling panache for students, teachers, and seekers everywhere. With appropriate commentary, each tale becomes a simple lesson for everyday living. From the potter who seeks fame to the woman who possesses great lust, these tales are told with a gentle clarity that magnifies our appetites and delusions. In doing so, they become an accurate mirror of the human condition. A Flock of Fools is a perfect little book of wisdom, laughter, and compassion. Beautifully designed for gift giving, this handsome volume is illustrated with seventeen original brushwork drawings by Tanahashi, one of the world's most renowned calligraphers.

Table of contents
FOREWORD
NOTE ON THE ORIGINAL TEXT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PROLOGUE
VOLUME ONE
1.Eating salt
2.Fool's Milk
3.A Man Whose Head Was Hit By A Pear
4.The Unfaithful Wife
5.The Thirsty Man
6.A Father Who Killed His Child
7.The Impostor
8.The Thief and The Treasure House
9.The Virtuous Father
10.The Three-Story Tower
11.The Brahman Who Killed A Child
12.Brown Sugar Broth
13.A Quick Temper
14.The Guide
15.The Quack Doctor
16.Sugarcane
17.The Halfpenny Loan
18.The Whetstone in A Tower
19.The Begging Bowl
20.The Tyrant
21.A Woman Who Wished to Have Another Child
VOLUME TWO
22.Alone Wood Incense
23.The StolenBrocade
24.Sesame Seeds
25.Fire and Water
26.Winks
27.A Whip Wound
28.The Nose
29.The Rough-Hair Robe
30.The Shepherd
31.The Potter and the Brahman
32.Theft of God
33.A Fine Fruit Tree
34.Spring Water
35.The Worrior in A Treasure Chest
36.The Sorcerer's eye
37.A Man Who Killed His Herd of Cows
38.Th Wooden Conduit
39.Rice-straw plaster
40.Cure for Baldness
41.Flesh-Eating Demons
VOLUME THREE
42.The Peddler and the Camel Skin
43.Polishing a Rock
44.Half a Rice Cracker
45.The Servant Who Kept the Gate
46.The Stolen Buffalo
47.The Duck Call
48.The Fox and the Falling Branch
49.A Handful of Hair
50.The Doctor and the Hunchback
51.Sharing the Maidservant
52.The Entertainer
53.The Teacher's Bad Life
54.Head and Tail
55.The King's Bread
56.Asking for Nothing
57.The Rich Man's Spittle
58.Dividing Equally
59.The Potter's Shop
60.The Golden Reflection
61.The Mahabrahman's Disciple
62.A Sick Man
63.The Demon's Costume
64.A Demon in the House
65.Five Hundred Sweet Cakes
VOLUME FOUR
66.The Voyage
67.The Rice Cakes
68.A Man With A Grude
69.A Fast Eater
70.The Rich Man's Mangoes
71.The Bigamist
72.A Mouthful of Rice
73.The Cowardly Solider
74.THe Deceitiful Brahman
75.The Camel and the Jar
76.The Princess and the Country Fool
77.Ass's Milk
78.A Child Who Traveled Alone
79.The King's Armrest
80.Enema Water
81.The Bear and the Child
82.Sowing in the Filed
83.The Monkey and the Mean Man
84.Lunar Eclipse
85.A Woman's Eyes
86.The Gold Earrings
87.The Vland Cloth
88.Monkey Beans
89.A Golden Skunk
90.Counting Coins
91.Little Property
92.The Greedy Child
93.The Woman and the Bear
94.The Jewel and the Water Conduit
95.A Pair of Doves
96.The Man Who Plucked Out His Eyes
97.The Hidden Coin
98.The Tortoise
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ISBN0802141331
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