Spring comes with its flowers, autumn with the moon,
summer with breezes, winter with snow;
when useless things don't stick in the mind,
that is your best season.
summer with breezes, winter with snow;
when useless things don't stick in the mind,
that is your best season.
Wu-men Huai-kai (Mumon Ekai)
Zen Death Poem
Wumen Huikai (Chinese: 無門慧開; Wade-Giles: Wu-men Hui-k'ai; Japanese: Mumon Ekai) (1183–1260) is a Song period Chán (Japanese: Zen) master most famous as the compiler of and commentator on the 48-koan collection The Gateless Gate (Japanese: Mumonkan)
