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Ikkyu
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born
December 24, 1393
in Kyoto, Japan
died
December 23, 1480
gender
male
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Crow With No Mouth : Ikkyu : Fifteenth Century Zen Master
by Ikkyu, Stephen Berg, Lucien Stryk   4.61 avg rating — 62 ratings
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published
1989
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2 editions
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Wild Ways: Zen Poems of Ikkyu
by Ikkyu, John Stevens , Rengetsu  4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
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published
2003
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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
a passing apparition
or the sudden flash
of lightning -- already gone --
thus should one regard one's self.”
― Ikkyu
“Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.”
― Ikkyu
― Ikkyu
“Look at the cherry blossoms!
Their color and scent fall with them,
Are gone forever,
Yet mindless
The spring comes again.”
― Ikkyu
Their color and scent fall with them,
Are gone forever,
Yet mindless
The spring comes again.”
― Ikkyu
