Japanese Death Poems
Gesshu Soko, died January 10, 1696, at age 79:
Inhale, exhale
Forward, back
Living, dying:
Arrows, let flown each to each
Meet midway and slice
The void in aimless flight --
Thus I return to the source.
Goku Kyonen, died October 8, 1272, at age 56:
The truth embodied in the Buddhas
Of the future, present, past;
The teaching we received from the
Fathers of our faith
Can be found at the tip of my stick.
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