13 Quotes & Sayings By Ikkyu

 Ikkyu (1184-1251), the founder of  Ikkyu-shū, was one of the most renowned masters of the Japanese tea ceremony in the early 13th century. He is especially known for his development of "the way of tea", focusing on the simple act of serving tea and thereby bringing ritual to everyday life. Ikkyu-shū became one of the most influential schools in Japanese culture during its prime.

We're lost where the mind can't find usutterly lost
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We're lost where the mind can't find usutterly lost Ikkyu
Don't wait for the man standing in the snowto cut...
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Don't wait for the man standing in the snowto cut off his arm help him now Ikkyu
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It isn't that we're alone or not alonewhose voice do you want mine? yours? Ikkyu
That stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it gets I...
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That stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it gets I wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind Ikkyu
I'd love to give you somethingbut what would help?
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I'd love to give you somethingbut what would help? Ikkyu
Hearing a crow with no mouth Cry in the deep...
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Hearing a crow with no mouth Cry in the deep Darkness of the night, I feel a longing for My father before he was born. Ikkyu
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I can see clouds a thousand miles away, hear ancient music in the pines. Ikkyu
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Sick of it whatever it's called sick of the names I dedicate every pore to what's here Ikkyu
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Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon. Ikkyu
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Like vanishing dew, a passing apparitionor the sudden flashof lightning -- already gone --thus should one regard one's self. Ikkyu
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Clouds very high looknot one word helped them get up there Ikkyu
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Born born everything is always bornthinking about it try not to Ikkyu