Ikkyu

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

“Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.”

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

“Hearing a crow with no mouthCry in the deepDarkness of the night,I feel a longing forMy father before he was born.”

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

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

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

“I'd love to give you somethingbut what would help?”

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

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

“clouds very high looknot one word helped them get up there”

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

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

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

“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.”

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