禅Tsūgen Jakurei

verse

Death Verse of Tsūgen Jakurei

Yōtaku-ji Temple Records

Nanbokuchō Period Japan

Traditionally attributed

Text

Seventy years — in and out of the monastery gate. Gasan gave me everything; I gave it away. The ten heirs will carry what I could not finish. The gate stands. Walk through.

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Attribution

Lineage: Sōtō

By Tsūgen Jakurei

Sources

  • contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

    Zen project editorial

    Attributed death verse; Yōtaku-ji temple records; cf. Bodiford, Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan, p. 107

    Yōtaku-ji Temple Records: Death Verse of Tsūgen Jakurei

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