Year by year, the monkey’s mask reveals the monkey.
MATSUO BASHONot to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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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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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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The journey itself is my home.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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