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Mugaku Sogen Quotes

1226–1286 Japan

Mugaku Sogen (無学祖元), also known as Bukko Kokushi (September 3, 1226 – September 22, 1286) was a prominent Zen Buddhist monk of the 13th century in Japan, an emigre from Song dynasty China.

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Cutting the Spring Breeze
Throughout heaven and earth there is not a piece of ground where a single stick could be inserted;
I am glad that all things are void, myself and the world:
Honored be the sword, three feet long, wielded by the great Yüan swordsmen;
For it is like cutting a spring breeze in a flash of lightning.

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