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Gisan Zenkai (儀山 善来 1802–1878) was a Zen Master in 19th century Japan. He taught at Sōgen-ji 曹源寺 in Okayama.〔(Sogen's One Drop of Water )〕 The most famous story about him concerns his conversation in 1837 with the disciple cooling his bath: this is given in an abbreviated version in ''Zen Flesh, Zen Bones'', and in more expanded version in other sources (such as (this )). The ''Zen Flesh, Zen Bones'' version is: :"A Zen master name Gisan asked a young student to bring him a pail of water to cool his bath. :"The student brought the water and, after cooling the bath, threw on to the ground the little that was left over. :"'You dunce!' the master scolded him. 'Why didn't you give the rest of the water to the plants? What right have you to waste even a drop of water in this temple?' :The young student attained Zen in that instant. He changed his name to Tekisui Giboku (1822—1899), which means a drop of water."〔Reps, Paul. ''Zen Flesh, Zen Bones''. New York: Anchor Books, 1989. p. 79〕 Gisan was also the teacher of masters Imakita Kōsen, Ekkei Shuken, Daisetsu Joen, and Ogino Dokuen.〔(Sogen's One Drop of Water )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gisan Zenkai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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