"Hurrying to die, It’s difficult to find a last word. If I spoke the wordless word, I wouldn’t speak at all!"
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Richard Bryan McDaniel. Zen Masters of Japan. The Second Step East. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing, 2014. p. 122.
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Dokyo Etan
1603 – 1676
Dōkyō Etan, (Japanese: 道鏡慧端, 1642 – October 10, 1721) also known as Shōju Rōnin,(Japanese: 正受老人) was a Japanese Rinzai monk and poet. He was an illegitimate son of daimyo Sanada Nobuyuki and became a priest as a pupil of Zen master Shidō Munan (1603 - 1676), who had a great influence on him during his entire life. Today he is known as the master of Hakuin Ekaku.
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