only one koan matters you –Ikkyu Ikkyu (1394-1481) was a Japanese Zen master and wandering poet. “. . .[Ikkyu] developed street Zen, out of the monastery and into the living reality of laypeople. . . . To really wake up you have to step out of the cloistered sacred and be in the midst of […]
The Wind Sends her Love
Every day, priests minutely examine the Dharma and endlessly chant complicated sutras. Before doing that, though, they should learn how to read the love letters sent by the wind and rain, the snow and moon. –Ikkyu (Zen Inspirations by Miriam Levering, p.40) Christian Parallels Ikkyu (1394-1481) was a Japanese Zen master and poet. His words […]