Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
MATSUO BASHOOld pond, frog jumps in – plop.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.
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The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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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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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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