[A Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, calligraphist, poet, garden designer, & the most famous monk of his time, he is also known as Musō Kokushi, a posthumous name প্রদত্ত him দ্বারা Emperor Go-Daigo
1275 - Ise - Oct. 20, 1351.]
An Obakebanashi
The legend of the jikininki is told in the old Japanese tale of the Buddhist priest Muso Kokushi. It is ব্যক্ত that Muso was traveling alone through the mountains in the Mino prefecture of জাপান when he হারিয়ে গেছে his way. It was almost dark when he saw an old anjitsu, the প্রথমপাতা of solitary priests, at the শীর্ষ of a পাহাড় and asked the inhabitant if he could stay the...
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