Ikkyū Quotes
I'd love to give you somethingbut what would help?
don't wait for the man standing in the snowto cut off his arm help him now
it isn't that we're alone or not alonewhose voice do you want mine? yours?
we're lost where the mind can't find usutterly lost
Hearing a crow with no mouthCry in the deepDarkness of the night,I feel a longing forMy father befor...
Show Moreclouds very high looknot one word helped them get up there
Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon...
Show MoreI can see clouds a thousand miles away, hear ancient music in the pines.
Like vanishing dew,a passing apparitionor the sudden flashof lightning -- already gone --thus should...
Show Moresick of it whatever it's called sick of the namesI dedicate every pore to what's here
that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it getsI wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the...
Show Moreborn born everything is always bornthinking about it try not to