“ Like vanishing dew,a passing apparitionor the sudden flashof lightning -- already gone --thus should one regard one's self. Ikkyu
“ Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon. Ikkyu
“ Hearing a crow with no mouthCry in the deepDarkness of the night,I feel a longing forMy father before he was born. Ikkyu
“ That stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it getsI wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind Ikkyu
