Shasekishū

The Shasekishū (沙石集), also read as Sasekishū[1][2] ,[3] translated into English as Sand and Pebbles, is a five-volume collection of Buddhist parables written by the Japanese monk Mujū in 1283 during the Kamakura period.

It is best known in English for an excerpt included in 101 Zen Stories.

Notes
  1. Watanabe (1966:57)
  2. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten (1986:896-897)
  3. Kubota (2007:166)
gollark: Strongly held preferences, I'd say.
gollark: (How would that even work?)
gollark: There does not have to be some sort of objective universe-y backing behind "ought"-ish/moral statements.
gollark: * I think so → my moral belief set says so
gollark: I think so, but this is *definitely* not some sort of objective universal truth.

References
  • Kubota, Jun (2007). Iwanami Nihon Koten Bungaku Jiten (in Japanese). Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 978-4-00-080310-6.
  • Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten: Kan'yakuban [A Comprehensive Dictionary of Classical Japanese Literature: Concise Edition]. Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. 1986. ISBN 4-00-080067-1.
  • Watanabe, Tsunaya (1966). Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 85: Shasekishū (in Japanese). Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-060085-0.
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