Why did I
leave home to be a monk?
I think it over
until my heart is dyed
deep as the black sleeves of my robe.
-Ryokan
leave home to be a monk?
I think it over
until my heart is dyed
deep as the black sleeves of my robe.
-Ryokan
* むくしゅめつどう is a phrase from the Heart Sutra: "no suffering, no cause of suffering, no ending of suffering, and no path."
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