The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
MATSUO BASHOLearn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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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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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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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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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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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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