From R.H. Blyth: “Poetry is not iambic tetrameter or what not; it is reality conveyed to us in words, or rather through words, no, in spite of words, and when ‘we see into the life of things,’ we know that our life is reality, our life is poetry, and that these three are and alwaysContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/11/25”
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Quote of the day 05/10/25
From Ryokan: You say my poems are poetry? They are not. Yet if you understand they are not,- Then you see the poetry of them!
Quote of the day 05/09/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Roshi, speaking of the man who follows the Way, says, ‘He is like a child alone, careless, unattached, devoid of ambition.’”
Quote of the day 05/07/25
From Mencius: “The great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart.”
Quote of the day 05/06/25
From R.H. Blyth: “However long or short your life is, it is a complete one. Whether the wind comes from the heat of the sun or the coolness of the moon, it is the wind; to fill every moment of a life with living, that is to be like the lily, the plant and flowerContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/06/25”
Quote of the day 05/05/25
From Hakuin: “We see all phenomena as eternal realities, yet as phenomena; whether we go or whether we return, for us there is no movement.”
Quote of the day 05/05/25
From Hakuin: “We see all phenomena as eternal realities, yet as phenomena; whether we go or whether we return, for us there is no movement.”
Quote of the day 05/03/25
From Matthew Arnold: We cannot kindle when we will The fire which in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still; In mystery our soul abides.
Quote of the day 05/02/25
From R.H. Blyth: “The meaning, the object of our life, is the state of being unborn, age-less, immortal, which is our real nature and the nature of all things.”
Quote of the day 05/01/25
From Confucius: “If a man sees Truth in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret.”
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