For long years a bird in a cage Now, flying along with the … - Eicho Toyo

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For long years a bird in a cage
Now, flying along with the clouds of
heaven.

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Tōyō Eichō (Japanese: 東陽英朝, 1428 - August 24, 1504) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk of Rinzai school. He was the 53rd abbot of Daitoku-ji and 13th abbot of Myōshin-ji. See also the Japanese Wikipedia article 東陽英朝 (in Japanese).

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Toyo Eicho ... drew his material from sutras, recorded sayings of Chinese Zen masters, Taoist texts, Confucian texts, and Chinese poetry.

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