IKKYU

Ikkyu, who lived from 13941481, was known as one of Japans most irreverent and iconoclastic Zen masters. He spent much of his life as a vagrant monk, wandering here and there, and mingling with people both high- and low-born. On occasion, Ikkyu played Robin Hood, taking money given by the rich and spending it on the homeless. Interspersing his travels with retreats deep in the mountains, he eventually became head abbot at the most important Zen temple in Japan. Much of his verse rants against the pervasive hypocrisy of the Buddhist establishment and the corruption of the imperial court, but his writing is at its finest when centering around what he loved most: the unfettered Zen life and the joys of sexual intimacy.

Nous sommes seuls. Les portes sont fermées. Ignorons les directions. Dans ce milieu, Qui est le Roi de la Loi (Vérité) ? Si vous me demandiez une phrase concernant l''arrivée de l''hiver, je répondrais : " A partir de ce matin la journee est plus longue d''une ligne. " " Ikkyu (1394-1481) occupe une place tout a fait a part dans l''histoire des maitres du Zen, par l''originalite de son ?uvre et son comportement excentrique qui suscita beaucoup de critiques de la part de ses contemporains. Grand connaisseur de la litterature chinoise, qui influença ses ecrits, il est aussi devenu celebre comme createur de jardins et propagateur de la ceremonie du the ". "Ikkyu a compose plus de mille stances. Nous en avons choisi et commente cent huit, parmi les plus caracteristiques de son style. " M. et M. Shibata.

Ikkuyu Sojun (1394-1481) puede considerarse como una de las personalidades más integramente humanas de la historia del Zen. Poeta ingenioso y provocativo, iluminó con el desparpajo de un pionero el impulso emotivo-sexual masculino a traves de la afirmacio

This book presents the mystery, wonder, and emptiness that is Zen. It uses the poetry of one of the most eccentric Zen masters, Ikkyu, to show the ways and methods a Zen master uses to permanently transform, rather than simply inform. Ikkyus entire message is about how to experience the essence of emptiness: that blissful state of mindlessness in which all old conditioning disappears and man is free to simply be himself.

Through its commentary on the verses of Zen master Ikkyu, this book dismantles many of the perceptions held by humans and meditators alike. Union, solitude, the illusory nature of love and meditation, the difficulty of understanding the simple, the difference between information and experience... There is something here for every intelligent reader!

En los poemas de Nube Loca, Ikkyu Sojún (s.XV) muestra su elevado valor ético y erudito, a la par que sensual e iconoclasta. La historia lo ha considerado como uno de los grandes de la literatura jap