“I know it’s nothing but then I taste the world’s sweet juicy plum. How is this fake dream so beautiful? All of its craziness, why?” - Ikkyu
In a special History of Zen, Dave turns to the life and poetry of Ikkyu to try to answer the question of how Zen has historically responded to times of crisis. In Ikkyu’s case the answer was great art, bad behavior, and a desperate need to get to the ultimate truth of a world that felt like it had left any such thing behind. Join us as Dave brings us his compelling life story along with some bawdy and beautiful poetry, including an extended reading from Stephen Berg's classic free verse translations “Crow With No Mouth.”