Kozan Ichikyo

Kozan Ichikyo was a Japanese Zen monk and poet who died in 1360.

Magazine | Brief Teachings

Coming, Going

Empty-handed I entered the world Barefoot I leave it. My coming, my going— Two simple happenings That got entangled. ♦ From Japanese Death Poems, compiled by Yoel Hoffman. © 1998 Tuttle Publishing. Reprinted with permission of the…

By Kozan Ichikyo

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