black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The journey itself is my home.

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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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Companion Humanity Leaving Mindset Mountain Universe Wisdom Yourself
I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
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Air Home Quite Sleep
First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Bridge Fall Snow
Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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Beginning Dawn Hands Moon Summer
On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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Autumn Evening
Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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Old Pond
There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
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Day Journey Myself Sea Wind
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
This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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Autumn Disappear Growth Myself Old
Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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Frog Old
For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Flower Food Love Poverty Togetherness
Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Oneself Solitude Sound Wind Winter
Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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Age Float Time World
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 basis of art is change in the universe.
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Art Change One Liner Universe
An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Autumn Life Night Thinking Yourself

The journey itself is my home.

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