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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.

Matsuo Basho

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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Empty Intimate Relationship Unique Universe
Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Cloud Forever Friendship Lost Wild
Year by year, the monkey’s mask reveals the monkey.
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Animal Character Deep Face Reveal
First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Bridge Fall Snow
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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Age Deep Destiny Forever Home Journey Life Moon Old Sun Time Travel
The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Flower Interest Tree
Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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Existence Plant Rope Twisted
Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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Dark Expectation Old Sleep Water
Go 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.
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Knowledge Learning Leaving Nature Wisdom Yourself
Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Enough Hide Order See
Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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Fruit Imitation Myself
The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.
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Avoid Believe Break Desire Divine Human Myself Noise Silence Sound
Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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Forget Inspirational Learning Rule
A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Dreams Summer Warrior
From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Knowledge Nature Tree Wisdom
At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Pond Sound Water

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