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

Ikkyu


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

Ikkyu

Tags: light transcendence race-relations old-songs



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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 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.

Ikkyu

Tags: transcendence tao old-songs



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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.

Ikkyu

Tags: zen self wind transience old-songs ozymandias



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

Ikkyu


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clouds very high look
not one word helped them get up there

Ikkyu

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

Ikkyu

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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

Ikkyu

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I'd love to give you something
but what would help?

Ikkyu

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

Ikkyu

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