“Deeper and deeper I go, into the green mountains.”

— Santoka Taneda · Calm quote

Deeper and deeper I go, into the green mountains. — Santoka Taneda quote card
Poet · 1882 – 1940

Santoka Taneda was a Japanese Zen monk and free-verse haiku poet who wandered the country on foot for years, begging his way from temple to temple. His spare poems record mountains, rain, and sake with disarming honesty.

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