■Title■ "Shikishi [Zen Phrase] Wash the Heart - Shumpo Inaba of Nanyozan Kinryu-ji Temple (Authentic, New)" ■Dimensions■ (Approx.) Width 24cm x Height 27cm - Shikishi (Square Cardboard) ■Brief Biography■ Shumpo Inaba (Inaba Shunpo) Chief Priest of Nanyozan Kinryu-ji Temple, National Missionary Born in 1935 Ordained at Seita-ji Temple in Mino City, Gifu Prefecture in 1945 Zen training at the special training hall of Isofu Shogen-ji Temple in 1954 Rinzai Sect Myoshin-ji School Missionary in 1966 Since then, missionary activities nationwide This shikishi, "Wash the Heart," is an authentic, new work by Roshi Shumpo Inaba of Nanyozan Kinryu-ji Temple. ~What does "Wash the Heart" (senshin) mean?~ The two characters "Wash the Heart" are often carved or cast on the water basins of the temizuya (purification fountains) in front of the worship halls of shrines. Carving "Wash the Heart" on the water basin of the temizuya is truly appropriate as a teaching that "washing one's mouth and hands here is not merely to purify the body, but primarily to cleanse the impurities of the heart." And, when a tea master uses temizu (water for washing hands) before entering the tea room, it is clear that they should not only purify their body but also wash their heart. Moreover, for a true Zen practitioner or tea master, "Wash the Heart" should not be limited to the times of visiting a shrine or entering the tea room. Washing one's face in the morning, washing one's hands many times a day, should be an act of washing the heart. "Wash the Heart" is only two characters, but it is a phrase with profound meaning. Ikkyu-san (Ikkyu Sojun) left the following poem: "Wash your heart clean every morning There is also eye boogers and nose boogers on your face If the human heart is reflected in a mirror How ugly your appearance would be" Let's wash our hearts, like washing our faces Let's wash away the dirt of our hearts... This is washing the heart.