Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
MATSUO BASHOWith every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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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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Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
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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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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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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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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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