Tag: Filial

101 Zen Stories: Story # 15: Shoan and His Mother- Filial Piety

Shoun was a devoted son who always put his mother first. Though a Zen teacher, he brought her with him everywhere, even building her a house at temples so he could care for her. He did not mind the ridicule he received for letting her eat fish, knowing her needs came before rules. When she worried t...