Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it. - Matsuo Basho
Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
- Matsuo Basho
The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms. - Matsuo Basho
The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter. - Matsuo Basho
The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.
Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. - Matsuo Basho
Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself. - Matsuo Basho
Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy th… - Matsuo Basho
Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy th…
Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves. - Matsuo Basho
Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
Learn the rules, and then forget them. - Matsuo Basho
Learn the rules, and then forget them.
A flute with no holes is not a flute. - Matsuo Basho
A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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