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Ikkyu Poems

1. my self of long ago

2. what will happen to buddha

3. man of original inactivity
    

4. you must travel

5. no such thing as mind

6. all are just as they are

7. to return to the sky of our native place?
    

8. who is the buddha?

9. i would like to offer you something
    

10. we have no companion

11. the real form of buddha

12. why are people called buddhas

13. original man must return

Ikkyu Poem - who is the buddha?

"we come into this world alone,
we depart alone" --
this also is illusion.
i will teach you the way
not to come, not to go!

we eat, excrete, sleep, and get up;
this is our world.
all we have to do after that
is to die.

i shan't die, i shan't go anywhere,
i'll be here;
but don't ask me anything,
i shan't answer.

whatsoever it may be,
it is all part of the world of illusion,
death itself
not being a real thing.

should you wish to know the way
in both this world,
and that other,
ask a man of mercy and sincerity.

a monk asks master pai-chang,
"who is the buddha?"
pai-chang answers,
"who are you?"