You must rise above
The gloomy clouds
Covering the mountaintop
Otherwise, how will you
Ever see the brightness?


As translated in Lust for Enlightenment : Buddhism and Sex (1990) by John Stevens, p. 117

Ryōkan Quotes

You must rise above The gloomy clouds Covering the mountaintop Otherwise, how will you Ever see the brightness?

You must rise above The gloomy clouds Covering the mountaintop Otherwise, how will you Ever see the brightness?

You must rise above The gloomy clouds Covering the mountaintop Otherwise, how will you Ever see the brightness?

You must rise above The gloomy clouds Covering the mountaintop Otherwise, how will you Ever see the brightness?