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

"Natural, reckless, correct skill; Yesterday's clarity is today's stupidity The universe has dark and light, entrust o…"

"Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind. A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can…"

"From the world of passions returning to the world of passions: There is a moment's pause. If it rains, let it rain, i…"

"It has the original mouth but remains wordless; It is surrounded by a magnificent mound of hair. Sentient beings can …"

"In all the kingdom southward From the center of the earth Where is he who understands my Zen? Should the master Kido …"

"Having no destination, I am never lost."

"Ikkyū Zenji is the most remarkable monk in the history of Japanese Buddhism, the only Japanese comparable to the grea…"

"His "mad" behavior was perhaps his way of disrupting the corrupt and feeble Zen he saw around him."

"As if to say— "Isn't it true for men, as well: that the more the words, the less they are of value?"— the cuckoo does…"