With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
MATSUO BASHOBreaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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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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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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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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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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