Essentially, these are more Zen stories; however, I chose to focus on Budai. Once I got started the stories started morphing into other things. Eventually, I hope to re-do all of the Netsuke Zen stories in this digital format - though the styles vary through more and less realistic styles.
Eternal Laughter
The third one - for Christmas
Eternal Laughter 2
This was the first one where I deviated from the tradition; however, I had been reading Osho and Krishnamurti and read Osho's comments about his feelings toward Krishnamurti. Things just developed from there - I think the two masters would have approved of this little tale
about expectations, and silence.
Eternal Laughter 1
This is the first and most traditional of the set.
Most of my understanding of zen comes from Osho's books and
Zen Training by Katsuki Sekida.
All of the Netsuke series come from reading traditional zen tales.
