The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.
MATSUO BASHOFriends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
MATSUO BASHOSummer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
MATSUO BASHOFriends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
MATSUO BASHOThe temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
MATSUO BASHOHow much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
MATSUO BASHOFarewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
MATSUO BASHOFirst snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
MATSUO BASHOPlunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
MATSUO BASHOLearn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
MATSUO BASHOBefore enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
MATSUO BASHOWinter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
MATSUO BASHODo not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
MATSUO BASHOCalm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
MATSUO BASHOWithout bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
MATSUO BASHOLearn the rules, and then forget them.
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