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Kogaku Soko Quotes

Japanese Zen priest and poet born 1464 who founded the the Daisen-in

Kogaku Soko (古岳宗亘) (1464 – June 24, 1548) was a Japanese Zen priest and poet. He is known for founding the , a sub-temple of , a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen in Buddhism, one of the five most important Zen temples of . He was posthumously named Daisho Kokushi.

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Alternative Names: Daisho Kokushi • Kogaku Sōkō

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My final words are these:
As I fall I throw all on a high mountain peak -
Lo! All creation shatters; thus it is
That I destroy Zen doctrine.

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