Nichi nichi kore kōjitsu
The popular saying in Japan today Nichi nichi kore kōjitsu ( Japanese 日 々 是 好 日 ; also read as Hibi kore kōjitsu or incorrectly as Nichi-nichi kore kōnichi ) means: "Day after day is a good day" or "Every day is a good one Day".
It comes from the sixth example of the famous Koan collection Biyan Lu ("Bi-Yän-Lu") written 1111–1115 by Yuanwu , published around 1300 in Sichuan . The Japanese title is Heki-gan-roku . German translation by Wilhelm Gundert : " Master Yüan-Wu's transcript from the Smaragden rock face ", Munich 1960 Vol. 1 - 3, here Vol. 1, p. 147 ff.
The example is: Yunmen addressed the following words to his listeners during the teaching: “ After the last fifteen days I have not asked you. For the next fifteen days, come along with a sentence and talk. "Instead of the people asked, he says himself:" Day after day is a good day. "
This saying was popularized in the West by composer John Cage .