At times I supported the sky, at times the earth; At times … - Shumpo Soki

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At times I supported the sky, at times the earth;
At times I turned into a dragon, at times to a snake.
I wandered at will through the cycles of life and of death.
All the fathers of our faith I took into my mouth.
I give as I will and I take as I will. I slash the leopard with my teeth;
My spirit smashes mountains.

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Shumpo Soki (春浦宗熙, 1409 - January 14, 1498) was a Japanese visual artist and a poet, who was a disciple of the Daitokuji priest Yoso Soi.

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No single bone in my body is holy -
It is but an ash heap of stinking bones.
Dig a deep hole and there bury these remains
Thus, not a grain of dust will stain
The green mountains.

My sword leans against the sky.
With its polished blade I'll behead
The Buddha and all of his saints.
Let the lightning strike where it will.

At times I supported the sky, at times the earth; At times I turned into a dragon, at times to a snake. I wandered at will through the cycles of life… - Shumpo Soki

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