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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.

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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Insect Old Pond Sing Winter
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
Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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Drop Spring Tree
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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Age Deep Destiny Forever Home Journey Life Moon Old Sun Time Travel
How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Desire Flower Moon Myself
At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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Pond Sound Water
For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Flower Food Love Poverty Togetherness
Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Dreams Greatness Summer
Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn.
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Knowledge Learning Leaving Nature Wisdom Yourself
Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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Age Float Time World
Go to the object. Leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Do not impose yourself on the object. Become one with the object. Plunge deep enough into the object to see something like a hidden glimmering there.
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Deep Enough Gide Leaving Object Subject Yourself
Year by year, the monkey’s mask reveals the monkey.
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Animal Character Deep Face Reveal
How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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Face Flower God Myself See
Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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Fall Moon Night Tree
A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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Deep Instrument One Liner
Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Cloud Forever Friendship Lost Wild

Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.

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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.

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