Ikkyu

I and other humans no difference.

— Ikkyu

Having no destination, I am never lost.

— Ikkyu

“don't wait for the man standing in the snow to cut off his arm help him now”

— Ikkyu

Look at the cherry blossoms! Their color and scent fall with them, Are gone forever, Yet mindless The spring comes again.

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From the world of passions returning to the world of passions: There is a moment's pause. If it rains, let it rain,…

— Ikkyu

“we're lost where the mind can't find us utterly lost”

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Watching my four year old daughter dance I cannot break free of her.

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Like vanishing dew, a passing apparition or the sudden flash of lightning -- already gone -- thus should one regard one's self.

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My real dwelling Has no pillars And no roof either So rain cannot soak it And wind cannot blow it down.

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“Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind. A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an…

— Ikkyu

The tree is stripped, All color, fragrance gone, Yet already on the bough, Uncaring spring!

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“it isn't that we're alone or not alone whose voice do you want mine? yours?”

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“Hearing a crow with no mouth Cry in the deep Darkness of the night, I feel a longing for My father before…

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“don't hesitate get laid that's wisdom sitting around chanting what crap”

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“born born everything is always born thinking about it try not to”

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Eight inches strong, it is my favourite thing; If I'm alone at night, I embrace it fully - A beautiful woman hasn't…

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“fucking flattery, success, money. I just sit back and suck my thumb.”

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Break open the cherry tree: where are the blossoms? Just wait for spring time to see how they bloom.

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“that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it gets I wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind”

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Become a Buddha? The mind can't do it. The body can't do it. Only what can't become a Buddha becomes a Buddha.

— Ikkyu

Don't read the sutras - practice meditation. Don't take up the broom - practice meditation. Don't plant tea seeds - practice meditation.

— Ikkyu

We must become what we were Before we were born

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You do this, you do that You argue left, you argue right You come down, you go up This person says no,…

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“Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind. A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an…

— Ikkyu

“sick of it whatever it's called sick of the names I dedicate every pore to what's here”

— Ikkyu