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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.

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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.
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Beginning Lonely Master Myself Poem
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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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Year by year, the monkey’s mask reveals the monkey.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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Moon Myself Night Water
Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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Break Deep Frog Resonate Silence Water
Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.
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Death Life Moments Poem
Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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Age Float Time World
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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Growth Nature Quiet Spring
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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Clear Conscious Purity Realize Service Water Yourself
Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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Fruit Imitation Myself
Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Insect Old Pond Sing Winter
All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Friendship Moon Ugly View
An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Autumn Life Night Thinking Yourself
I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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Eat Fast Glory Morning Myself

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