Kenko Yoshida
Kenko Yoshida
Yoshida Kenkōwas a Japanese author and Buddhist monk. His most famous work is Tsurezuregusa, one of the most studied works of medieval Japanese literature. Kenko wrote during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods...
alone beyond converse hold intimate men pleasure sit spread unseen
To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is a pleasure beyond compare.
blossoms cares heart scattered wind
Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch.
roots source
Love. Its roots are deep. Its source unknowable.
attached bonds certain leaving
A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky.
alike beginning truth
The truth is at the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching.