Poems of Zen Master Ikkyu (Japanese Literature)

poem #103

Purity, at its root, manifests the great one-thousand worlds.
Today's manifest world, the Yellow Springs.
Passing through war, the loyal red heart of the lineage founders appears everywhere.
When blood is poured through heaven, hang a sword between your eyebrows.

trns. by Sarah Messer and Kidder Smith




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