"He who comes knows only his coming, He who goes knows only his end. To be saved from the chasm, Why cling to the clif…"

"If you say, 'Come back later', He will speedily come to snatch you away. Say rather, 'I shall not be in till I'm nine…"

"Sengai Gibon (1750-1837) was an artistic Zen monk of importance, who took "a transcendental view of things that are r…"

"In 1837, when Sengai Gibon was asked by one of his students if he had anything to say before passing away, he replied…"

"Suzuki often cited the work of Japanese Zen monk Sengai Gibon (1750–1837), whose painting Circle, Triangle, and Squar…"

"’s (b. 1935) Triangle, Circle, Square quotes from Sengai’s famous 18th-century Buddhist painting. His early work of t…"

"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…"

"When I look upon the rich sheen of summer hairs in my new brush, I am saddened by a deer drawn at night to a hunter's…"

"I had forgotten— as I kept on forgetting to remind myself that those who vow to forget are the ones who can't forget."

"All these images from a world of long ago— of what good are they? Pine winds, come—please blow away these unforgotten…"