白隠慧鶴 Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)
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Daruma

Jikishi
Ninshin
Kenshô
Jôbutsu

Sharajuge hachijûsansai rônô,
Hakuin sô megane nashi ni sho su.

Directly points
To man's mind.
He sees into this own nature
And attains Buddhahood.

The eighty-three year old Buddhist monk
Hakuin drew this without his spectacles.