A nun who was searching for enlightenment made a statue of Buddha and
covered it with gold leaf. Wherever she went she carried this golden
Buddha with her.
Years passed and, still carrying her Buddha, the nun came to live in a
small temple in a country where there were many Buddhas, each one with its
own particular shrine.
The nun wished to burn incense before her golden Buddha. Not liking the
idea of the perfume straying to the others, she devised a funnel through
which the smoke would ascend only to her statue. This blackened the nose
of the golden Buddha, making it especially ugly.
