“Zen Poem” — Ikkyu

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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 letters 

sent by the wind and rain, 

the snow and moon. 


~Ikkyu


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