Posted on 08/30/2025 3:27:52 AM PDT by Libloather
She was a blind masseuse.
As a monk, he found her company to be among his greatest enjoyments of life.
Their liaison was thought to be very naughty at the time.Many of his haiku are in response to her physical ministrations during their sojourns together.
Ikkyu is my favourite of the classic Japanese Zen poets.
“Sentient beings can get completely lost in it”: the erotic poems of Ikkyū
"A woman is enlightenment when you’re with her and the red thread of both your passions flares inside you – and you see.
Sounds like your friend received the gift of a lifetime: the drumset of his beloved drummer. Arigato gozai mashita!
Ikkyu had the kind of face only a dog could love. Perhaps it’s best that his lover was blind :- )
Delightful... thanks for sharing.
Good grief. You’re a philosopher. All this time…..I never knew.
Fighting over a woman? that is almost Biblical—what better reason to fight to the death?
If you are home next Sunday evening , and like The Beatles , my friend’s band - Beitlet - is playing at a club in Fukuoka called Cavern Club which is celebrating its 13th Anniversary . They’ll be broadcasting LIVE on Youtube . Morita won’t be playing his own drums , though . Check it out 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNYoCr8NL7I
Appearances are illusory and transitory. Ikkyu looked like a dog, but he was a Lion of the dharma. That happens a lot in various lineages of the Buddha Dharma. Look up Drukpa Kunley, the great siddha of Bhuthan.
https://www.amazon.ca/Divine-Madman-Sublime-Drukpa-Kunley/dp/1495379833
Illegals
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