Talk:Ikkyū

No destination

"Having no destination, I am never lost." -- I have read this in a book recently, which quoted some Zen masters of all ages. I can cite its title/edition details, if you like. :)

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This has now been sourced. ~ Kalki (talk · contributions) 22:22, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

• Perhaps a variant translation [1]
  • If at the end of our journey
    There is no final
    Resting place,
    Then we need not fear
    Losing our Way

IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 02:02, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Unsourced

These should be provided with sources before being moved back into the article.

• That stone buddha deserves all the bird droppings it gets
  I wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind.

• Anybody can enter the Buddha's world so few can step into the devil's.

• Every day, priests minutely examine the Law
  And endlessly chant complicated sutras.
  Before doing that, though, they should learn
  How to read the love letters sent by the wind
  and rain, the snow and moon.
  • "Ikkyu and the Crazy Cloud Anthology: A Zen Poet of Medieval Japan", by Ikkyu / Translated by Sonya Arutzen [Unconfirmed] IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 02:03, 21 November 2023 (UTC)