Zen Boxes: Art Installation: 16 Pecking and Tapping

Hekiganroku 16

translated by Anzan Hoshin roshi

A monk said to Jingquing, I am pecking from the inside; will
you tap from the outside?

Jinqiung said, Will you live or not?

The monk said, If I could not attain life, I would become a
laughingstock.

Jinqing said, You are just another man in the weeds.

• plastic box 8" by 5 ½" by 4"
• nest of woven twigs 5" by 5"
• photos by Shikai O-sensei of:
  - Anzan roshi
  - self
  - Butsudan at Daijozan
• commemorates receiving of first monk's vows