With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
MATSUO BASHOThe sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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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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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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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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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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