Seven wise women went into the nirvana forest. The elder of them pointed to a corpse and said, “The corpse is here, where has the person gone?” At this, all seven women witnessed the truth and realized the Way. Indra showered them with heavenly flowers from the sky saying, “Excellent, excellent!” The elder of the women said, “Who is praising us?” A voice from the sky said, “I am Indra. Because I have seen the sacred women realize the way, I came and scattered a rain of flowers. I only request that if you need something, I will provide it until the end of your lives.” The elder woman said, “At my house the four material offerings of the seven jewels are all completely provided. I only want three kinds of things. First, I would like a rootless tree. Second, I would like a piece of land with no north and south. Third, I would like an echoless valley.” Indra said, “I have all the things you could possibly want but those three things I truly do not have.” The great Master Dogen said [in Shobogenzo Muchu Setsumu] on behalf of Indra, “Do you want a rootless tree? The cypress tree in the garden is it. If you cannot use that, raise up this staff and see that this is exactly it. Do you want a piece of land without north and south? It is the nirvana forest. If you cannot use that, use the entire world and the ten directions. Do you want an echoless valley? I shout out, ‘Sisters!’ to all seven of you. If you respond, I immediately say, ‘I have given you an echoless valley.’ If you do not respond, I say, ‘After all, it doesn’t echo.’”