Antonio Páez on Nostr: In all the kingdom southward From the center of the earth Where is he who understands ...
In all the kingdom southward
From the center of the earth
Where is he who understands my Zen?
Should the master Kido himself appear
He wouldn't be worth a worn-out cent.
Ikkyū (d. 1481)
Kido was a Chinese Zen master who Ikkyū considered an espiritual forebear. Ikkyū understood the wisdom of finding his own path: if the Buddha had stood on the way to illumination, Ikkyū would have chopped his head off.
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From the center of the earth
Where is he who understands my Zen?
Should the master Kido himself appear
He wouldn't be worth a worn-out cent.
Ikkyū (d. 1481)
Kido was a Chinese Zen master who Ikkyū considered an espiritual forebear. Ikkyū understood the wisdom of finding his own path: if the Buddha had stood on the way to illumination, Ikkyū would have chopped his head off.
#haiku #micropoetry #deathPoems #life #death #zen