Goku Kyonen

“Togan Ean (1225 - December 29, 1277) was a priest of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism in the mid {{w|Kamakura period}}.... After he first received religious precepts as a priest and learnt {{w|Tendai}} doctrine at Mt. Shosha, he studied the same at Sennyu-ji Temple, too and went to Hakata to visit the Sung dynasty in China in 1257, but he met Goku kyonen and was inspired by him, and he converted to the Rinzai Sect.”

“The truth embodied in the BuddhasOf the future, present, past;The teaching we received from theFathers of our faithCan all be found at the tip of my stick.”