“The past I know is gone; the present never lasts. Time glides by without a trace. Who can be wise in this constant flux? I take each day as its own sustaining myself until I’m released. After so much wandering, I have arrived here – twenty years seen through a cloud.”

“The past I know is gone; the present never lasts. Time glides by without a trace. Who can be wise in this constant flux? I take each day as its own sustaining myself until I’m released. After so much wandering, I have arrived here – twenty years seen through a cloud.”

— Taigu Ryokan