The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
MATSUO BASHOAt the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Go to the object. Leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Do not impose yourself on the object. Become one with the object. Plunge deep enough into the object to see something like a hidden glimmering there.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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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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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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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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