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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients 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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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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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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Autumn Break Up End Leaving Myself Relationship Yourself
For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Oneself Solitude Sound Wind Winter
Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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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
When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
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Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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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.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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