禅Meiho Sotetsu

verse

Death Verse of Meihō Sotetsu

Daijō-ji Temple Records

Nanbokuchō Period Japan

Traditionally attributed

Text

Seventy-four years, this borrowed lantern. Now I return it to Keizan's hands. Where the flame went — do not ask. The room has never been dark.

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Attribution

Lineage: Sōtō

By Meiho Sotetsu

From Daijō-ji Temple Records

Sources

  • contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

    Zen project editorial

    Attributed death verse; Daijō-ji temple records; cf. Bodiford, Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan, p. 89

    Daijō-ji Temple Records: Death Verse of Meihō Sotetsu

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