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Gizan Zenrai Quotes

1802–1878 Japan

Gizan Zenrai (1802 – March 28, 1878) was a Japanese Zen monk and poet.

Japan
Poets

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I was born into this world
I leave it at my death.
Into a thousand towns
My legs have carried me,
And countless homes -
What are all these?
A moon reflected in the water
A flower floating in the sky
Ho!

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gizan Zenrai (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.