"I raise the mirror of my life Up to my face: sixty years. With a swing I smash the reflection - The world as usual All in its place."
— Taigen Sofu

January 1, 1970

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Poets from JapanBuddhists from JapanZen Buddhist monks
Original Language: English

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Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6; cited in: Sushila Blackman. Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die. 2005. p. 124