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Ikkyu Peom - all are just as they are
pitiful are
people who do not know
nirvana and its eternal felicity!
how they grieve
at life, death, and mutability!
shaka, and amida too,
were originally human beings;
have i not also
the form of a man?
wonderful, indeed,
the lotus flower of the law!
however many ages may pass,
still that same colour.
the crescent moon
becomes full, and wanes,
and nothing is left;
but still, there in the dawn,
the crescent moon!
whenever we see them, all are
just as they are:
the willow is green,
the flower is red. |
