Ikkyu Quotes
Top 36 wise famous quotes and sayings by Ikkyu
Ikkyu Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Ikkyu on Wise Famous Quotes.
Break open the cherry tree: where are the blossoms? Just wait for spring time to see how they bloom.
Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.
Hearing a crow with no mouth
Cry in the deep
Darkness of the night,
I feel a longing for
My father before he was born.
Cry in the deep
Darkness of the night,
I feel a longing for
My father before he was born.
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
now that I have you I'll never forget what I owe you
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.
there's no way not to be who you are and where.
Don't read the sutras - practice meditation. Don't take up the broom - practice meditation. Don't plant tea seeds - practice meditation.
That stone Buddha deserves all the
birdshit it gets
I wave my skinny arms like a tall
flower in the wind
birdshit it gets
I wave my skinny arms like a tall
flower in the wind
Look at the cherry blossoms!
Their color and scent fall with them,
Are gone forever,
Yet mindless
The spring comes again.
Their color and scent fall with them,
Are gone forever,
Yet mindless
The spring comes again.
My real dwelling
Has no pillars
And no roof either
So rain cannot soak it
And wind cannot blow
it down.
Has no pillars
And no roof either
So rain cannot soak it
And wind cannot blow
it down.
Become a Buddha? The mind can't do it. The body can't do it. Only what can't become a Buddha becomes a Buddha.