the weight of the baggage I can't cast off before me behind me
sutekirenai nimotsu no omosa mae ushiro
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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Though he took holy orders meaning to cast everything off, there is still baggage he cannot quite let go. Slung in front, borne behind, it sways with every step, and its weight is, just so, the weight of attachment.