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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Pond Sound Water
How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Desire Flower Moon Myself
Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Insect Old Pond Sing Winter
This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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Autumn Disappear Growth Myself Old
Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Live Nature Ourselves Tree
For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Flower Food Love Poverty Togetherness
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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Flower Myself Sound Stop Temple
The journey itself is my home.
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Home Journey Myself
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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Clear Conscious Purity Realize Service Water Yourself
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Deep Seek Teaching Wisdom
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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Flower Moon Nature See Thinking Yourself
Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
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Cat Love Starve
Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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Age Float Time World
Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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Animal Butterfly Togetherness
Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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Dark Expectation Old Sleep Water
Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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Be Yourself Identity Imitation Myself Original

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