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Tag: Mugai Nyodai

Chiyono
Japanese Poetry

Chiyono’s Enlightenment Poem

December 18, 2019December 28, 2019 Vanessa Able

Adachi Chiyono (also known as Mugai Nyodai) was the daughter of a samurai warrior in the 13th century who became the first woman - and mother - to found and head a Zen monastery in Japan.

Tagged Adachi Chiyono, Buddhism, Enlightenment poem, Mugai Nyodai, Poetry, Zen

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