Famously beginning "Ceaselessly the river flows, and yet the water is never the same," for 10 points, what is this 13th-century meditation on Buddhist teachings and the value of solitude written by Kamo no Chomei?
This work's author describes occasions when "time is heavy on [his] hands" during which he will spend time with a 16-year-old neighbor gathering rock-pears and Lalong grass. He notes that sometimes in the evening the "mournful cries" of the monkeys cause him to wet his sleeves with tears, and that the calls of the pheasants remind him of a verse by Gyogi Bosatsu. Previously the author had recounted how in the "Waterless Month" the capital had been moved after a fire which had "spread out like an open fan" destroyed many noble residences, leading the author to muse on the foolishness of building homes in such a place. Thus, as the "fishing eagle chooses a rough beach," the author has chosen the title domicile. Famously beginning "Ceaselessly the river flows, and yet the water is never the same," for 10 points, what is this 13th-century meditation on Buddhist teachings and the value of solitude written by Kamo no Chomei?
This work's author describes occasions when "time is heavy on [his] hands" during which he will spend time with a 16-year-old neighbor gathering rock-pears and Lalong grass.
"An Account of My Hut" [or "An Account of a Ten-Foot Square Hut"; or close equivalents]