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**steansathtpos** · 12-06-2011, 09:22 AM

Just 2 Zen'ts:

No Water, No Moon

"When the nun Chiyono studied Zen under Bukko of Engaku she was unable to attain the fruits of meditation for a long time.

At last one moonlit night she was carrying water in an old pail bound with bamboo. The bamboo broke and the bottom fell out of the pail, and at that moment Chiyono was set free!

In commemoration, she wrote a poem:

In this way and that I tried to save the old pail,
Since the bamboo strip was weakening and about to break,
Until at last the bottom fell out.

No more water in the pail!

No more moon in the water!

Zen Stories
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

12-06-2011, 09:22 AM	#8
steansathtpos Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	Just 2 Zen'ts: No Water, No Moon "When the nun Chiyono studied Zen under Bukko of Engaku she was unable to attain the fruits of meditation for a long time. At last one moonlit night she was carrying water in an old pail bound with bamboo. The bamboo broke and the bottom fell out of the pail, and at that moment Chiyono was set free! In commemoration, she wrote a poem: In this way and that I tried to save the old pail, Since the bamboo strip was weakening and about to break, Until at last the bottom fell out. No more water in the pail! No more moon in the water! Zen Stories Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
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