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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.

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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Collection Rain River Water
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Deep Seek Teaching Wisdom
The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.
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Empty Intimate Relationship Unique Universe
Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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End Fan Myself Old Summer
Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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Awake Ice Night Sound Water
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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Flower Myself Sound Stop Temple
Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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Frog Old
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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Accomplishment Deep Devotion Interest Yourself
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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Deep Enough Gide Leaving Object Subject Yourself
Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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Age Float Time World
Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Dreams Greatness Summer
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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Flower Moon Nature See Thinking Yourself
A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Dreams Summer Warrior
First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Bridge Fall Snow
An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Autumn Life Night Thinking Yourself
Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Cloud Forever Friendship Lost Wild

How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.

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