Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
MATSUO BASHOThe 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.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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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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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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The journey itself is my home.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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