Dairin Soto

"Realize that the taste of tea and the taste of Zen are the same and absorb the wind in the pines. Then will your mind be undefiled."

"My whole life long Ive sharpened my sword And now, face to face with death I unsheathe it, and lo - The blade is broken - Alas!"

"Zen master Dairin Soto (1480-1568), founder of Nanshuji temple in Sakai, wrote [a verse] on a portrait of : Formerly, he maintained bonds to the unhindered cause of Amida Buddhas [Vow], Then changed schools and actively endeavored [in Zen]."

"Dairin Soto (1480-1568), ninetieth abbot of Daitokuji temple in Kyoto and founder of Nanshuji Temple in Sakai, wrote on a portrait of . Jōō practiced Zen under Dairin and received the laymans title Ikkan ~53 in 1549, at the age of forty-eight."