Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
MATSUO BASHOGo 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.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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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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Go to the object. Leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Do not impose yourself on the object. Become one with the object. Plunge deep enough into the object to see something like a hidden glimmering there.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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