Why are people called Buddhas
After they die?
Because they don’t grumble any more,
Because they don’t make a nuisance
Of themselves any more.
(Ikkyu Sojun)
More Poetry from Ikkyu Sojun:
- A Fisherman (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
- Exhausted with gay pleasures (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
- I Hate Incense (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
- My Hovel (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
- A Meal of Fresh Octopus (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)
- It is nice to get a glimpse of a lady bathing (Ikkyu Sojun Poems)