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A wood block carved to represent a fish is played during chanting services. It is usually kept to the left of the altar and may be of various sizes. The symbolism of the fish may be explained as follows: Just as fish never closes its eye and is thus always awake, one should be similarly live in earnest dedication to Buddhist practice.
