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Shotetsu
7 quotes
“As if to say— "Isn't it true for men, as well: that the more the words, the less they are of value?"— the cuckoo does not call again.”
Shotetsu (1381–1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: One Call from a Cuckoo", Unforgotten Dreams: Poems by the Zen Monk Shōtetsu, 1997, edited and translated by Steven D. Carter, page 52
“I had forgotten— as I kept on forgetting to remind myself that those who vow to forget are the ones who can't forget.”
Shotetsu (1381–1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Forgotten Love", Unforgotten Dreams: Poems by the Zen Monk Shōtetsu, 1997, edited and translated by Steven D. Carter, page 176
“All these images from a world of long ago— of what good are they? Pine winds, come—please blow away these unforgotten dreams.”
Shotetsu (1381–1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reminiscing", Unforgotten Dreams: Poems by the Zen Monk Shōtetsu, 1997, edited and translated by Steven D. Carter, page 31
“Even in one’s sleep, it is dreams of this world one sees, and of no other; just as there is no dawning here that brings true awakening.”
Shotetsu (1381–1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dream", Unforgotten Dreams: Poems by the Zen Monk Shōtetsu, 1997, edited and translated by Steven D. Carter, page 34
“How cruel the voice that bars me from traveling the way of dreams. Not a man, but still a gate guard is that wind in the reeds.”
Shotetsu (1381–1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dream Disturbed by Reeds", Unforgotten Dreams: Poems by the Zen Monk Shōtetsu, 1997, edited and translated by Steven D. Carter, page 30
“If one continues to compose poems of the sort that everyone else considers good, one must remain forever at that ordinary level. On the other hand, when one writes poems whose essence is profound and difficult, others fail to understand them, and this is frustrating.”
Shotetsu (1381–1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Conversations with Shotetsu (Shotetsu Monogatari), 1992, Translated by Robert H. Bower
“In this art of poetry, those who speak ill of Teika should be denied the protection of the gods and Buddhas and condemned to the punishments of hell.”
Shotetsu (1381–1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Conversations with Shotetsu (Shotetsu Monogatari), 1992, Translated by Robert H. Bower