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Shumpo Soki
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“My sword leans against the sky. With its polished blade I'll behead The Buddha and all of his saints. Let the lightning strike where it will.”
Shumpo Soki (1409–1496) said by 1496 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. 1986. p. 115. Cited in: Joseph Reppen. Why I Became a Psychotherapist. 1998. p. 308
“At times I supported the sky, at times the earth; At times I turned into a dragon, at times to a snake. I wandered at will through the cycles of life and of death. All the fathers of our faith I took into my mouth. I give as I will and I take as I will. I slash the leopard with my teeth; My spirit smashes mountains.”
Shumpo Soki (1409–1496) said by 1496 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6
“No single bone in my body is holy - It is but an ash heap of stinking bones. Dig a deep hole and there bury these remains Thus, not a grain of dust will stain The green mountains.”
Shumpo Soki (1409–1496) said by 1496 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6