Quotes from Ry?kan

I don't tell the murky world to turn pure. I purify myself and check my reflection in the water of the valley brook.

I don't regard my life as insufficient. Inside the brushwood gate there is a moon; there are flowers.

In my hometown, there are two brothers with contrary characters. One is clever and eloquent, the other is foolish and silent. The foolish one seems to have all the time in the world. The clever one is always busy depleting his life.

If someone asks about the mind of this monk, say it is no more than a passage of wind in the vast sky.

I must go there today - Tomorrow the plum blossoms Will scatter.

Je ne sais pourquoi Mon cÅ"ur est inquiet ; Il m'empêche de dormir ; Demain, C'est le printemps !

Pourquoi me sentirais-je Dans le besoin ? Devant ma porte de broussailles, La lune est là, Les fleurs sont là.

Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places?Look for delusion and truth in thebottom of your own heart.