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Mindfulness•Self-Help•Short Stories
The Zen Monkey and the Lotus Flower
“The monkey never stops moving.
The lotus never hurries.”
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About the Book
Fifty-two short stories, one for each week of the year, written in the tradition of the teaching tale — a small scene, a turn, and a thought you keep carrying afterwards. Tenpa Yeshe writes about attention, anger, patience and letting go without ever raising his voice, and the brevity is the point: each piece is short enough for a spare five minutes and slow enough to sit with for days.
What Makes It Special
A Story a Week
Built for a year of small, deliberate reading.
Gentle Reframes
Each tale turns on a thought you did not see coming.
Open to Everyone
No background in Buddhist practice required.
Plain, Unhurried Language
Simple sentences doing patient work.
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Book Summary
Fifty-two short stories.
One for every week.
None longer than a quiet moment.
The Zen Monkey and the Lotus Flower is a calm, generous collection of teaching stories about presence, patience and perspective — made to be read slowly and returned to often.
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This is a book that refuses to hurry you. Tenpa Yeshe trusts the old form — a short story, lightly told, left to do its own work — and it proves far more effective than another list of habits.
OVERALL RATING4.3 / 5
What We Loved
Perfect length for daily reading
Calming, unpreachy tone
Stories that genuinely stay with you
What Could Be Better
Some lessons repeat across the year
Best in small doses, not one sitting
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