“With aversion for sect superiors and their pomp,
I have no wish for monk disciples;
Not in search of lay supporters,
I court the favor of no one.”

—  Ippen

"Verse of Aspiration" (Chapter 3, p. 16).
No Abode: The Record of Ippen (1997)

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