Ikkyu Quotes
Eight inches strong, it is my favourite thing; If I'm alone at night, I embrace it fully - A beautiful woman hasn't touched it for ages. Within my fundoshi there is an entire universe!
Break open the cherry tree: where are the blossoms? Just wait for spring time to see how they bloom.
Like vanishing dew, a passing apparition or the sudden flash of lightning -- already gone -- thus should one regard one's self.
Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.
Look at the cherry blossoms! Their color and scent fall with them, Are gone forever, Yet mindless The spring comes again.
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.
Break open A cherry tree And there are no flowers; But the spring breeze Brings forth myriad blossoms.
Don't read the sutras - practice meditation. Don't take up the broom - practice meditation. Don't plant tea seeds - practice meditation.
You do this, you do that You argue left, you argue right You come down, you go up This person says no, you say yes Back and forth You are happy You are really happy
The salvation of birds and beasts, oneself included - this is the object of Shakyamuni's religious austerities.
Like vanishing dew, a passing apparitionor the sudden flashof lightning -- already gone --thus should one regard one's self.
Hearing a crow with no mouthCry in the deepDarkness of the night, I feel a longing forMy father before he was born.
that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it getsI wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind
it isn't that we're alone or not alonewhose voice do you want mine? yours?
don't wait for the man standing in the snowto cut off his arm help him now
