Frasi di Ikkyū Sōjun

Ikkyū Sōjun è stato un monaco buddhista, abate e poeta giapponese, considerato da molti il più eccentrico e iconoclasta tra i maestri zen. Oltre a insegnare lo zen, si dedicò a diverse arti, come la calligrafia, il teatro, la cerimonia del tè, la pittura e la letteratura, scrivendo molte poesie, spesso anche di genere erotico, e prose di ispirazione religiosa.. Wikipedia  

✵ 9. Febbraio 1394 – 21. Dicembre 1481
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Ikkyū Sōjun: Frasi in inglese

“If it rains, let it rain, if the wind blows, let it blow.”

As quoted in The Essence of Zen : Zen Buddhism for Every Day and Every Moment (2002) by Mark Levon Byrne, p. 28.
Contesto: From the world of passions returning to the world of passions:
There is a moment's pause.
If it rains, let it rain, if the wind blows, let it blow.

“Yesterday's clarity is today's stupidity
The universe has dark and light, entrust oneself to change”

As quoted in Ikkyū and The Crazy Cloud Anthology : A Zen Poet of Medieval Japan (1986) by Sonja Arntzen.
Contesto: Natural, reckless, correct skill;
Yesterday's clarity is today's stupidity
The universe has dark and light, entrust oneself to change
One time, shade the eyes and gaze afar at the road of heaven.

“Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind.
A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable treasure.”

"A Fisherman" in Wild Ways : Zen Poems (2003), edited and translated by John Stevens, p. 37.
Contesto: Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind.
A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable treasure.
Dusk rain on the river, the moon peeking in and out of the clouds;
Elegant beyond words, he chants his songs night after night.

“Eight inches strong, it is my favourite thing;
If I'm alone at night, I embrace it fully -
A beautiful woman hasn't touched it for ages.
Within my fundoshi there is an entire universe!”

"A Man's Root" as quoted in Mishima's Sword : Travels in Search of a Samurai Legend (2007) by Christopher Ross, p. 195.

“Having no destination, I am never lost.”

Attributed to Ikkyu in Nine-headed Dragon River : Zen journals, 1969-1985 (1986) by Peter Matthiessen
Disputed

“South of Mount Sumeru
Who understands my Zen?
Call Master Kido over-
He's not worth a cent.”

Lucien Stryk. Encounter with Zen: writings on poetry and Zen, 1981. p. 66.

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