Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
MATSUO BASHOAround existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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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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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of.
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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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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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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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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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Year by year, the monkey’s mask reveals the monkey.
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