Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The Way Of The Holy Fool Comments
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At the crossroads this year, after
begging all day
I lingered at the village temple.
Children gather round me and
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9/12/2025 10:56:03 PM # 1.0.0
He was ordained as Ryōkan Taigu Entsū-ji monastery [: Ryō means good, kan means broad, and Taigu means great fool; Ryōkan Taigu would thus translate as broad-hearted generous fool] but soon after he did embark on a long pilgrimage, and lived much of the rest of his monastic life as a hermit.