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.
MATSUO BASHOLearn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
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Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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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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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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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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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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