Merchandise NO 2A-9           

        Sokokuji-Temple
              / Dokuon Ogino                             Price 65,000 YEN
 
 (Mizu o kumitewa Yma no ugku o utagai , Ho o agereba Kishi no yuku o oboyu)
When you are in a boat, it looks as if the shore is drifting away.
In reality, the boat is drifting away. Only when you stand on the unmoving shore,
with the mind of a Buddha, can you realize that it is your mind, your own mind,
that is moving, that is drifting away. In other words,
if you make your own mind the master, you will be distracted by your own moving mind and suffer throughout your life.
If you can make the unmoving mind of a Buddha the master,
then no matter how much your mind moves, you will no longer be distracted by it.

               Dokuon Ogino (1819 - 1895)

                                The Zen priest of the Rinzai sect.
                                He was born in Okayama Pref. in 1819.
                                He became the highest representative next to
                                Ekkei Shuken of a Soukoku temple with 49 years old.
                                He became the total representative of Rinzai/Soto/Oubaku with 54 years old.
                                He had many apprentices.
                                He died of 77 years old in 1895 years.

Main Paper B=46.0cm H=147.5cm
Mounting Silk B=58.5cm H=205.0cm
Box Signatureless
cedar box included
Artwork is in good condition.





Signatureless cedar box