First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
MATSUO BASHOWith every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.
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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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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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The journey itself is my home.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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