Episode 1: The Widow and her 3 daughters
Episode 2: Taoist Master, Lord Equal to Earth
To realize the Buddha-nature immanent in all things
Buddha-nature not warm and cuddly
Instant Enlightenment of Zen?
Lead follows Mercury or Mind serves desire
Harmonizing Yin and Yang
Episode 3: Old Monster Yellow Robe
Deceived by Crafty Nature Tripitaka banishes Mind
Vain thoughts can not be destroyed by force
Bogus and Real are confused. Or are they?
The Horse of the Will provided the one thought joined with Truth
Investigating the Nature of Things
Episode 4: The Monsters of Level Top Mountain
Pain essential to become a man among men
Attention to detail essential for success
Consuming pure food, not enough
Exploiting virtue or Mind and Spirit in discord
Trapped by Identification with Ego
Divine enemies
Episode 5: The False King of the Black Rooster Kingdom
The necessity of earning merit
When External form doesn’t reflect internal substance
Stages vs. instant self realization
How to expose a falsehood that is universally accepted
Beware of the impotence of bogus beliefs
Truth associated with Pain, not Comfort. Darn!
Cursed by Heaven due to Stopping short from Fear
Episode 6: The Red Faced Boy
Tripitaka trapped by the endless circles of a drama queen
Stillness breeds fiends
Not giving up, even though good advice is consistently ignored
Self-cultivation is not enough
Five Phases Blocked by Solid Truth
Taking a bath with the wrong water
Coming to the Truth through Pain
Episode 7: The Monster of the Black River wants to eat Tripitaka
Monkey warns Tripitaka not to assemble the Six Robbers
Just concentrate on carrying the loads on our backs
For those on the Path troubles abound
Episode 8: The enslaved Buddhists of Slow Cart Kingdom
Overturning the Cart
Liberation through Humor
Lighthearted Tolerance, one of the Highest Virtues
Episode 9: The Monster of the Heaven Reaching River
Never as easy as we expect
Tripitaka, as Bait - Meant to be
The Blessings of the gods, or their Test?
Taking reality too seriously
Trapped by his impatience to reach the Western Heaven
Chosen Ones lamenting their Fate
Seeking Affinity to Solve Problems
Partial knowledge of Buddhism breeds monsters
Some mistakes are meant to be
Fundamentals in place and all else falls into place
Tripitaka makes a fateful promise to the river crossing tortoise
Episode 10: The Buffalo Monster of Golden Helmet Mountain
First sweep the mind of the dust of affections
When earth follows mercury, troubles follow
Laugh rather than cry
Buddhism and Taoism join forces to tame Mind
Friend and foe, we are all the same
Bullheaded, or the consequences of not listening