Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
MATSUO BASHOThere 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
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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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?
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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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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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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