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[[File:Mel Weitsman1.JPG|thumb|right|150px|[[Sojun Mel Weitsman]] wielding a ''hossu'']]<br />
A '''''hossu''''' (払子, Chinese: ''Fuzi'', 拂子; Sanskrit: ''vālavyajana'') is a short staff of [[wood]] or [[bamboo]] with bundled hair (of a [[cow]], [[horse]], or [[yak]]) or [[hemp]] wielded by a [[Zen Buddhism|Zen Buddhist]] priest.<ref>{{cite book| last = Mol| first = Serge| title =Classical Weaponry of Japan: Special Weapons and Tactics of the Martial Arts| publisher = [[Kodansha International]]| year = 2003| location = [[Tokyo]]| pages = 203| isbn = 4-7700-2941-1| oclc = 238851185}}</ref> Often described as a "[[fly whisk]]" or "fly shooer", the stick is believed to protect the wielder from [[Desire (emotion)|desire]] and also works as a way of ridding areas of flies without killing them.<ref>{{cite book| last = Gill| first = Robin D.| title =Fly-ku!: A Theme from In Praise of Olde Haiku with Many More Poems and Fine Elaboration| publisher = Paraverse Press| year = 2004| location = [[Key Biscayne, FL]]| pages = 76; pp. 85–86| url = http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=097426184X&=Search&qt=owc_search| isbn = 0-9742618-4-X}}</ref> The ''hossu'' is regarded as symbolic of a Zen teacher's authority to teach and transmit [[Buddha Dharma]] to others, and is frequently passed from one teacher to the next.<ref>{{cite book| last =Baroni| first =Helen J.| author-link =Helen J. Baroni| title =The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism| publisher =The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.| year =2002| pages =139| isbn = 0-8239-2240-5| oclc =42680558}}</ref><br />
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