in process.

there is a bowl made of polished sandalwood, and filled nearly to the brim with water. the water within the bowl is so still that its surface resembles a mirror at times. at other times, it is so transparent that there doesn't appear to be anything within the bowl at all. some say that this was the beggar's bowl that the second would-be suitor of kaguya-hime, the moon princess, tried to steal from beneath the ever-watchful eyes of a stone buddha. others, with perhaps a more historical bent, claim that this was the bowl that captured the reflection of a harvest moon, and the attention of a young zen acolyte.