Ikkyu Quotes

Like vanishing dew,a passing apparitionor the sudden flashof lightning -- already gone --thus should one regard one's self.

sick of it whatever it's called sick of the namesI dedicate every pore to what's here

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Ikkyū (一休宗純, Ikkyū Sōjun, February 1, 1394 – December 12, 1481) was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals. He is perhaps best known for his radical approach to Zen, which included breaking Buddhist monastic precepts and his stance against celibacy.

I can see clouds a thousand miles away, hear ancient music in the pines.

Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.