"I look now at the very moment Even the Buddha is dumbfounded. All turns with a swing. I land on the plain of nothingn…"

"The dying master left in the hands of Tetto Giko, his disciple during the years of obscurity at Ungo-an and the head …"

"Tetto Giko (1295-1369) [was a] Japanese Rinzai monk of the late Kamakura (1185-1333) and early Ashikaga (1392-1568) p…"

"Words of Tetto Osho (ja: 『徹翁和尚語録』), 2Vols., 応永32 年(1435)"

"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…"

"Even in one’s sleep, it is dreams of this world one sees, and of no other; just as there is no dawning here that brin…"