Anthony, Merle,
I think that the stick is said to have been a bamboo, fashioned so that it
could be used in wiping while in the toilet at the Ch'an monasteries of the
time, anciently, in China.
The stick -- in some translations of the story, and in other important Ch'an
story references-- is given as, "shit-wiping stick".
Important in Zen history! And obviously now.
--Joe
> Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote:
>
> Merle,
>
> In reply to the question what is Buddha, an ancient zen master said, 'shit on
> the stick'.
>
> Anthony
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