Lots of arms, just like Kannon the Goddess;
Sacrificed for me, garnished with citron, I revere it so!
The taste of the sea, just divine!
Sorry, Buddha, this is another precept I just cannot keep.
(Ikkyu Sojun)
More Poetry from Ikkyu Sojun:
Ikkyu Sojun Poems based on Topics: Buddhism, God, Sense & Perception- A Fisherman (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
- Exhausted with gay pleasures (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
- I Hate Incense (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
- My Hovel (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
- It is nice to get a glimpse of a lady bathing (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
- To Lady Mori with Deepest Gratitude and Thanks (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)