Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
MATSUO BASHOAt the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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When your consciousness has become ripe in true zazen-pure like clear water, like a serene mountain lake, not moved by any wind-then anything may serve as a medium for realization.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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