Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
MATSUO BASHOGo to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.
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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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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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The journey itself is my home.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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