Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
MATSUO BASHOFor this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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The journey itself is my home.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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