Reddit reviews Ikkyu: Crow With No Mouth: 15th Century Zen Master

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3 Reddit comments about Ikkyu: Crow With No Mouth: 15th Century Zen Master:

u/jayuhfree · 2 pointsr/zen

“don't wait for the man standing in the
snow
to cut off his arm help him now”
“we're lost where the mind can't find us
utterly lost”
“it isn't that we're alone or not alone
whose voice do you want mine? yours?”
“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.”
“fucking flattery, success, money.
I just sit back and suck my thumb.”
“that stone Buddha deserves all the
birdshit it gets
I wave my skinny arms like a tall
flower in the wind”
“I'd love to give you something
but what would help?”
“clouds very high look
not one word helped them get up there”
“born born everything is always born
thinking about it try not to”

Transmission of Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Zen Master Keizan

u/tostono · 2 pointsr/zen

I think it's a beautiful to slip up and do stupid things.

No shame, no fear. Feels like you might enjoy Ikkyu around now.

u/TheDude1985 · 1 pointr/zen