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"Zen Buddhist monk (Toyo Eicho, 1428-1504) of the Rinzai sect... was appointed juji of the in 1481 and founded the Shorin-ji temple at Mino, where , where he died."
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"Toyo Eichos Kuzoshi... exists only as a single unidentified and fragmented text; it does not appear to be a handbook used by monks appending phrases to koans as a regular assignment in koan practice."
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"All four pillars of enlightenment Crumble at once - See! See! Moonlight wreathing coral branches - What does it mean? Now all grows as dark As the palace of hell in The grasp of Satan / Katsu!"
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"For long years a bird in a cage Now, flying along with the clouds of heaven."
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"Toyo Eicho ... drew his material from sutras, recorded sayings of Chinese Zen masters, Taoist texts, Confucian texts, and Chinese poetry."
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"If this manuscript was indeed compiled by Daito Kokushi, it would rank as the first capping phrase collection in Japan, predating Toyo Eichos Kuzoshi by approximately 150 years."
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