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★Life is like Zen, and Zen is life. Zen Buddhist Tales are entertaining tales with hidden puzzles, the epitome of a philosophy of life.
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The series include 4 titles:
The Empty-Handed Visitor
The best possible congratulatory words
The Art of Dismounting From A Horse
Slave of emotions
And the fifth book in progress

“Master, after having stayed in the temple for quite some time, I feel that...I’m a lot calmer now. I no longer have any worries. With no disturbances from the outside world, it is such a peaceful life. This is the way everyone should strive to live, right?
The outside world is so chaotic that happiness is difficult to find there. By retreating here, I won’t have to suffer any more.
Greed and jealousy fuel society. People are only looking out for themselves. I don’t want to be a part of it any longer.
By being here, it’ll be easier for me to obtain happiness.”

“Are you certain that you’ll be happy?”
“By running away from reality?”
“A reality which is normal and arises out of cause and effect?”
“Do you understand what ‘truth’ is?”
“Good things, bad things, things that we like, things that we dislike, those are all ‘truth’. Even if your life is peaceful now, if you’re unwilling to accept the simple truth, then you’ll soon be troubled once again. You only accept things that you agree with or when they go your way. And you disregard things that upset you.”
“In the end, it is your own thinking that troubles you.”

“Then what should I do, master?”

“Listen to these tales and see if they help you better understand the truth.”

Chaiyapat Tongkambunjong (Nui) is a Thai writer and editor. He writes Dharma books, literature, psychology and self-improvement pieces. Through his simple and straightforward way of life, he wishes to create writing pieces that remind readers of themselves and let them truly understand themselves so that they can live life from a more peaceful perspective amidst the chaotic world. His writings serve to reflect truths in society through simple comparisons of our daily lives, which are easy to understand. They also aim to guide the readers to question themselves, so they understand themselves better.

Chaiyapat began writing in 2010 up until now. He produced more than 20 pocketbooks with a total sale of 525,000 copies. Moreover, he published 32 booklets with a total sale of 1,060,000 copies.

“Believing in what we say does not allow readers to understand themselves as effectively as questioning it themselves.”

CHAPTER 1 A Character in Reverse
CHAPTER 2 The Art of Dismounting From A Horse
CHAPTER 3 The Happiness That Disappeared
CHAPTER 4 Not Forgetting Your Original Intention
CHAPTER 5 Emptying the basket

What does happiness mean to you? Many say that it is difficult to obtain happiness. Others say that it is easy to experience suffering. Before you convince yourself of such thoughts, have you considered where happiness comes from?
By reading these short Zen tales, hopefully it’ll help you better understand that happiness is easy to obtain so that you can live a happy, fulfilled life.