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" 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? "

Ikkyu , Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu, Fifteenth Century Zen Master


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