Ikkyū ~

before birth after birth

that's where you are now









it's logical: if you're not going anywhere

any road is the right one









rain hail snow ice

I love watching the river









only one koan matters

you









rain drips from the roof lip

loneliness sounds like that







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Crow With No Mouth
Ikkyū
Fifteenth Century Zen Master
versions by Stephen Berg
Copper Canyon 2000

Ikkyū  was born in 1394 in a small suburb of Kyoto,
he could sometimes be a troublemaker.