Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
MATSUO BASHOWinter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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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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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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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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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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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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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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