“My coming today is coming from no where. One year hence, my departing will be departing to no where.”

—  Nampo Jomyo

Attributed to Nampo Jomyo in: Richard Bryan McDaniel.Zen Masters of Japan. The Second Step East. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing, 2013.

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