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1 " we're lost where the mind can't find usutterly lost "
― Ikkyu , Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu, Fifteenth Century Zen Master
2 " don't wait for the man standing in the snowto cut off his arm help him now "
3 " it isn't that we're alone or not alonewhose voice do you want mine? yours? "
4 " that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it getsI wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind "
5 " I'd love to give you somethingbut what would help? "
6 " Hearing a crow with no mouthCry in the deepDarkness of the night,I feel a longing forMy father before he was born. "
7 " I can see clouds a thousand miles away, hear ancient music in the pines. "
― Ikkyu
8 " sick of it whatever it's called sick of the namesI dedicate every pore to what's here "
9 " Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon. "
10 " Like vanishing dew,a passing apparitionor the sudden flashof lightning -- already gone --thus should one regard one's self. "
11 " clouds very high looknot one word helped them get up there "
12 " born born everything is always bornthinking about it try not to "
13 " 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. "
14 " Every day, priests minutely examine the Dharma And endlessly chant complicated sutras.Before doing that, though, they should learnHow to read the love letters sent by The wind and rain, the snow and moon. "
― Ikkyu , Ikkyu and the Crazy Cloud Anthology: A Zen Poet of Medieval Japan
15 " even before trees rocks I was nothingwhen I'm dead nowhere I'll be nothingall the bad things I do will go up in smokeand so will Iif there's nowhere to rest at the end how can I get lost on the way? "
16 " Having no destination,I am never lost. "
17 " Look at the cherry blossoms!Their color and scent fall with them,Are gone forever,Yet mindlessThe spring comes again. "
18 " fucking flattery, success, money.I just sit back and suck my thumb. "
19 " don't hesitate get laid that's wisdomsitting around chanting what crap "
20 " I've burnt all the holy pages I used to carry but poems flare in my heart "
