Ikkyu Quotes

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

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

Ikkyu

Tags: light, old songs, race relations, transcendence

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

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

Ikkyu

Tags: old songs, ozymandias, self, transience, wind, zen

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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, as well as on Zen itself, including breaking Buddhist monastic teachings with his stance against celibacy.

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

Ikkyu

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

Ikkyu

Tags: inspirational life

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

Ikkyu

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

Ikkyu

Tags: ancient, clarity, clouds, music, perception