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[[File:Shippei-zen.jpg|thumb|250px|August 23, 2009. Kaizen returns the short staff to Enkyo Roshi after he gave his first dharma talk, during Shuso Hossen at the Grail in Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, during the Village Zendo's summer ango.]] | [[File:Shippei-zen.jpg|thumb|250px|August 23, 2009. Kaizen returns the short staff to Enkyo Roshi after he gave his first dharma talk, during Shuso Hossen at the Grail in Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, during the Village Zendo's summer ango.]] | ||
| − | A [[shippei]] is a {{Wiki|bamboo}} [[staff]] which curves slightly, approximately half a metre long, which is used as a "[[symbol of a Zen master's authority]]" in [[Zen Buddhism]]. In contrast to the [[keisaku]], the [[shippei]] was often used as a disciplinary [[measure]] for [[meditating]] [[monks]]. It can often be found at the side of a [[Zen master]] in a [[zendo]] and is also "one of seven items that make up a [[Zen]] [[monk's]] equipment." According to Helen Josephine Baroni, "The [[shippei]] is made from a split piece of {{Wiki|bamboo}}, which is bound with wisteria vine and then lacquered." Sometimes curved in the shape of an S, the [[shippei]] may be elaborately decorated with a {{Wiki|silk}} cord or have carvings. It is still "sometimes employed to hit [[monks]]." | + | A [[shippei]] is a {{Wiki|bamboo}} [[staff]] which curves slightly, approximately half a metre long, which is used as a "[[symbol of a Zen master's authority]]" in [[Zen Buddhism]]. In contrast to the [[keisaku]], the [[shippei]] was often used as a disciplinary [[measure]] for [[meditating]] [[monks]]. It can often be found at the side of a [[Zen]] [[master]] in a [[zendo]] and is also "one of seven items that make up a [[Zen]] [[monk's]] equipment." According to Helen Josephine Baroni, "The [[shippei]] is made from a split piece of {{Wiki|bamboo}}, which is bound with wisteria vine and then lacquered." Sometimes curved in the shape of an S, the [[shippei]] may be elaborately decorated with a {{Wiki|silk}} cord or have carvings. It is still "sometimes employed to hit [[monks]]." |
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Latest revision as of 21:19, 4 March 2014
A shippei is a bamboo staff which curves slightly, approximately half a metre long, which is used as a "symbol of a Zen master's authority" in Zen Buddhism. In contrast to the keisaku, the shippei was often used as a disciplinary measure for meditating monks. It can often be found at the side of a Zen master in a zendo and is also "one of seven items that make up a Zen monk's equipment." According to Helen Josephine Baroni, "The shippei is made from a split piece of bamboo, which is bound with wisteria vine and then lacquered." Sometimes curved in the shape of an S, the shippei may be elaborately decorated with a silk cord or have carvings. It is still "sometimes employed to hit monks."
