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The journey itself is my home.

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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Carry Enlightenment Water Wood
Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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Old Pond
Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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Moon Myself Night Water
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Deep Seek Teaching Wisdom
Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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Beginning Dawn Hands Moon Summer
Year by year, the monkey’s mask reveals the monkey.
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Animal Character Deep Face Reveal
A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Dreams Summer Warrior
Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Live Nature Ourselves Tree
How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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Face Flower God Myself See
The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Bright Burn Moon One Liner
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
Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Deep Learning Listen Nature Talk Wisdom
Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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Awake Ice Night Sound Water
Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Insect Old Pond Sing Winter
The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Animal Call Darkness Sea White Wild
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 journey itself is my home.

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