Prince Shotoku: Founder of Japanese Buddhism and the Japanese Nation (Article) – Ancient History Encyclopedia

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   new desert

   11 March, 2017 at 1:50 pm

   This one came into my box this evening, dear Sister, and I couldn’t help not sharing it with you.

   So much wisdom in it 🙂 and love as well <3

   Love Letters — Ikkyu

   Every day, priests minutely examine the Law
   And endlessly chant complicated sutras.
   Before doing that, though, they should learn
   How to read the love letters sent by the wind
   and rain, the snow and moon.

   ~ Ikkyu ~

   (Ikkyu and the Crazy Cloud Anthology, trans. by Sonya Arutzen)

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