21 Quotes by Ikkyu

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

that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it getsI wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind

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 before he was born.

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?

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

Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind.A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable treasure.Dusk rain on the river, the moon peeking in and out of the clouds;Elegant beyond words, he chants his songs night after night.

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