జ్ఞానోదయ కధ

The fruits of meditation was eluding while nun Chiyono studied Zen under Bukko of Engaku for a long time. Enlightenment suddenly dawned on her that eventful moonlit night while she was carrying water in an old pail bound with a bamboo. Suddenly the bamboo broke with the bottom falling put of the pail. That was the moment Chiyono become liberated. She recorded this moment in a poem to commemorate the event.