Tettō Gikō Quotes

1295 – 1369

Tettō Gikō (Japanese: 徹翁義亨, 1295 - May 15, 1369) was a Japanese Zen priest of Rinzai school, artist and poet.

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The truth is never taken
From another.
One carries it always
By oneself.
Katsu!

I look now at the very moment
Even the Buddha is dumbfounded.
All turns with a swing.
I land on the plain of nothingness.

Words of Tetto Osho (ja: 『徹翁和尚語録』), 2Vols., 応永32 年(1435)