The Enlightenment of Chiyono

Originally appeared September 2009

In the village of Hiromi in the Mugi district, there were three nuns who built a Zen temple and devoted themselves to practicing the Buddhist way.

Mugai Nyodai, known also as Chiyono, was one of the first Japanese women to receive transmission in Zen.

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