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Zen Buddhist monk Kozan Ichikyo’s death poem

来時は空手、去時は赤脚。一去一来、単重交折

Raiji wa karate kyoji wa sekkyaku ikkyoichirai tanjuu sekkou

I came into this world empty-handed, and I leave it barefoot. My arrival, my departure: simple events that have become intertwined.

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