Ikkyu Sojun's poetry is irreverent and iconoclastic, bitingly critical of false piety, hypocrisy, and formalistic religion. His poetry is often frankly erotic, sometimes humorously so. Yet his poetry …

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2007年11月1日 · Ikkyu, who lived from 1394–1481, was known as one of Japan’s most irreverent and iconoclastic Zen masters. He spent much of his life as a vagrant monk, wandering here …

2022年11月11日 · Ikkyu was appointed to be the head priest of the great temple at Kyoto, but he renounced the position after just nine days, denouncing the hypocrisy he saw among the …

Ikkyū (一休宗純, Ikkyū Sōjun, February 1, 1394 – December 12, 1481) was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of …

2023年3月6日 · Every day priests minutely examine the Dharma (universal law) and endlessly chant complicated sutras. Before doing that, though, they should learn how to read the love …

Reading your words, I was set to thinking about what it meant to me and smiled. When I gaze up at the white ceiling, I am contemplating journeys...meditation and find a whole new world …

1995年6月24日 · An irreverent and brilliant Zen master, poet and calligrapher, Ikkyu is one of the great figures of Zen history. Translated here are over 100 of Ikkyu's finest poems. Also …

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Arntzen, S. (1973) “Ikkyū Sōjun: A Zen Monk and his Poetry.” The paper explores the life and poetry of Ikkyū Sōjun, a renowned Zen monk, emphasizing his unique contributions to …