Kenko Hoshi

Kenko Hoshi (14th century) was a Japanese Buddhist scholar. Kenko served as an official in Imperial Guard and later converted to Buddhism and retired to contemplative and meditative life.

Wisdom & Quotes

• The truth is that the beginning of anything and its end are alike touching.

- Life Frail and Fleeting, Taure-Zure Gusa ( The Harvest of Leisure )

• It is desirable for a ruler that no man should suffer from cold and hunger under his rule. Man cannot maintain his standard of morals when he has no ordinary means of living.

- Sinclair, The Cry for Justice

• So long as people, being ill-governed, suffer from hunger, criminals will never disappear.

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