Year by year, the monkey’s mask reveals the monkey.
MATSUO BASHOAwakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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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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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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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
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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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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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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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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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