Goku Kyonen

Goku Kyonen (1216 - October 8, 1272) was Japanese Zen master and poet.

Quotes

 * The truth embodied in the Buddhas Of the future, present, past; The teaching we received from the Fathers of our faith Can all be found at the tip of my stick.
 * Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6. Quoted in: Lawrence Winkler. Samurai Road. 2016. p. 264;

Quotes about Goku Kyonen

 * Togan Ean (1225 - December 29, 1277) was a priest of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism in the mid .... After he first received religious precepts as a priest and learnt  doctrine at Mt. Shosha, he studied the same at Sennyu-ji Temple, too and went to Hakata to visit the Sung dynasty in China in 1257, but he met Goku kyonen and was inspired by him, and he converted to the Rinzai Sect.
 * "Togan Ean" at kaggle.io. Accessed 2018-06-23.