Afterhours Zen Stories - Collection of traditional Zen stories. - http://inspirationalstories.com/buddhism-1.html
The Cucumber Sage - A monk asked Wu-ming, "The Third Patriarch said, "The Great Way is without difficulty, just cease having preferences." How can you then delight in eating cucumbers, yet refuse to even take one bit of a carrot?" Wu-ming said, "I lo - http://www.serve.com/cmtan/buddhism/Stories/cucumber.html