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Ikkyu
“Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind.
A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable treasure.”
Ikkyu, Wild Ways: Zen Poems of Ikkyu

Ikkyu
“this boat is and is not
when it sinks both disappear”
Ikkyu, Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu, Fifteenth Century Zen Master

Ikkyu
“even before trees rocks I was nothing
when I'm dead nowhere I'll be nothing”
Ikkyu, Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu, Fifteenth Century Zen Master

Ikkyu
“Having no destination,
I am never lost.”
Ikkyu

Seneca
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
Seneca

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