Shippei
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Shippei
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A shippei is a bamboo staff which curves slightly, approximately 15 inches long, which is used as a "symbol of a Zen master's authority" in Zen Buddhism. In contrast to the keisaku, the shippei was often used as a disciplinary measure for meditating monks. It can often be found at the side of a Zen master in a zendo and is also "one of seven items that make up a Zen monk's equipment." It is fashioned out of two pieces of bamboo that are shaped into the form of a spatula, wound with rattan, and l
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2022-01-21T21:49:54Z
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