Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
MATSUO BASHOCome, see the true flowers of this pained world.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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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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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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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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Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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The journey itself is my home.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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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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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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