Quotes from Ikkyu

don't worry please please how many times do I have to say it there's no way not to be who you are and where.

flowers are silent silence is silent the mind is a silent flower the silent flower of the world opens

I can see clouds a thousand miles away, hear ancient music in the pines.

even before trees rocks I was nothing when I'm dead nowhere I'll be nothing

I was like an old leafless tree until we met green buds burst and blossom now that I have you I'll never forget what I owe you

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

all the bad things I do will go up in smoke and so will I

sometimes all I am is dark emptiness I can't hide in the sleeves of my own robes

Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind. A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable treasure.

here I am simply trying to get into your head you think you were born you die what a pity

ten dumb years I wanted things to be different furious proud I still feel it

for us no difference between reading eating singing making love not one thing or the other

cut off everything from everything stand here the soles of your feet the ground your brain in the black nothing between

father when I was a boy you left us now I forgive you

if there's nowhere to rest at the end how can I get lost on the way?

night after night after night stay up all night nothing but your own night

no walls no roof no anything my house doesn't get wet doesn't get blown down

I'd love to give you something but what would help?

all koans just lead you on but not the delicious pussy of the young girls I go down on

one of you saved my satori paper I know it piece by piece you pasted it back together now watch me burn it once and for all

Every day, priests minutely examine the Dharma 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.

even before trees rocks I was nothing when I'm dead nowhere I'll be nothing all the bad things I do will go up in smoke and so will I if there's nowhere to rest at the end how can I get lost on the way?