From "Zen and Japanese Culture" by DT Suzuki
- Tokimune: The worst enemy of our life is cowardice, and how can I escape it?
- Bukko: Cut off the source whence cowardice comes.
- Tokimune: Where does it come from?
- Bukko: It comes from Tokimune himself.
- Tokimune: Above all things, cowardice is what I hate the most, and how can it come out of myself?
- Bukko: See how you feel when you throw overboard your cherished self known as Tokimune. I will see you again when you have done that.
- Tokimune: How can this be done?
- Bukko: Shut out all your thoughts.
- Tokimune: How can my thoughts be shut out of consciousness?
- Bukko: Sit cross-legged in meditation and see the source of all your thoughts which you imagine as belonging to Tokimune.
- Tokimune: I have so much of worldly affairs to look after and it is difficult to find spare moments for meditation.
- Bukko: Whatever worldly affairs you are engaged in, take them up as occasions for your inner reflection, and some day you will find out who this beloved Tokimune of yours is.
