禅Ikkyu Sojun

proverb

Love Letters of Wind and Rain

Poems of Ikkyu

Muromachi

Historically verified

Text

Every day, priests minutely examine the Dharma and endlessly chant sutras. Before doing that, they should learn how to read the love letters sent by the wind and rain, the snow and moon.

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Lineage: Rinzai

By Ikkyu Sojun

From Poems of Ikkyu

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