To hell with the wind! Confound the rain! I recognize no Bu… - Nanpo Jōmyō

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To hell with the wind!
Confound the rain!
I recognize no Buddha.
A blow like the stroke of lightning -
A world turns on its hinge.

Nanpo Jōmyō

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Nampo Jomyo, also Enzu Daiō and Daiō Kokushi (1235 – February 9, 1309) was a Japanese monk, who founded the lineage of the Rinzai school of Zen (a form of Japanese Buddhism).

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Alternative Names: Nampo Jōmyō • Nanpo Shōmyō • Nampo Shōmyō

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My coming today is coming from no where. One year hence, my departing will be departing to no where.

This year, the twenty-ninth of the twelfth
No longer has a place to come to.
The twenty-ninth of the twelfth next year
Already has no place to go.

To hell with the wind! Confound the rain! I recognize no Buddha. A blow like the stroke of lightning - A world turns on its hinge. - Nanpo Jōmyō

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