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Happu Fudo
Unmoved by the Eight Winds
八風不動 is the short version, popularized in Japanese Zen Buddhism, of the original Chinese phrase 八風吹不動.
Literal meaning: “Unmoved by the Eight Winds”
The origin is Chinese, but it was later adopted into Japanese Zen. Here’s a little backstory:
The original famous anecdote is from Song Dynasty China, involving the poet-official 蘇東坡 (Su Dongpo / Su Shi, 1037–1101) and Zen master 佛印 (Foyin).
Su Dongpo wrote 八風吹不動，一屁打過江
“The Eight Winds cannot move me; Yet one fart blows me across the river.”
Foyin’s irreverent reply exposed Su Dongpo’s ego, which is kind of a classic Zen teaching story.
Unmoved by the Eight Winds
八風吹不動 is an ancient Buddhist phrase from about 1000 years ago.
Literal meaning: “The Eight Winds cannot move [me].”
The original famous anecdote is from Song Dynasty China, involving the poet-official 蘇東坡 (Su Dongpo / Su Shi, 1037–1101) and Zen master 佛印 (Foyin).
Su Dongpo wrote 八風吹不動，一屁打過江
“The Eight Winds cannot move me; Yet one fart blows me across the river.”
Foyin’s irreverent reply exposed Su Dongpo’s ego, which is kind of a classic Zen/Chan teaching story.
利 gain
衰 loss
毀 disgrace
譽 praise
稱 honor
譏 ridicule
苦 suffering
樂 pleasure
“The Eight Winds cannot move [him / the mind].”
“Unmoved by the Eight Winds.”
“The Eight Winds do not move me.”
“Not moved by the Eight Winds.”
“Unshaken by the Eight Winds.”
“Unaffected by the Eight Winds.”
“Unmoved by worldly forces.”
“Steadfast against the Eight Winds.”
“Remaining unmoved amid the Eight Winds.”
There is a shorter Japanese Zen version, 八風不動, which drops the middle character. Often romanized as happū fudō. The romanization of 八風吹不動 is arguably happū fukedomo ugokazu or happū sui fudō.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Happu Fudo | 八風不動 八风不动 | happuu fudou happuufudou hapu fudo | bā fēng bù dòng ba1 feng1 bu4 dong4 ba feng bu dong bafengbudong | pa feng pu tung pafengputung |
| Unmoved by the Eight Winds | 八風吹不動 八风吹不动 | happuu sui fudou happuusuifudou hapu sui fudo | bā fēng chuī bù dòng ba1 feng1 chui1 bu4 dong4 ba feng chui bu dong bafengchuibudong | pa feng ch`ui pu tung pafengchuiputung pa feng chui pu tung |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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