Zen proverb: “The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”
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Quote of the day 01/18/2026
From Philip Whalen: “The present moment is all we ever have.”
Quote of the day 11/02/25
From Dogen: “To be in harmony with the hardship of the world is enlightenment.”
Quote of the day 07/22/25
From Basho: “To talk casuallyAbout an iris flowerIs one of the pleasuresOf the wandering journey.”
Quote of the day 07/21/25
From Basho: “Birth of art –song of rice planters,chorus from nowhere.”
Quote of the day 07/20/25
From Basho: “What is important is to keep our mind high in the world of true understanding, and returning to the world of our daily experience to seek therein the truth of beauty. No mater what we may be doing at a given moment, we must not forget that it has a bearing upon ourContinue reading “Quote of the day 07/20/25”
Quote of the day 07/19/25
From Basho: “In the end, without skill or talent, I’ve given myself over entirely to poetry. Po Chu-i labored at it until he nearly burst. Tu Fu starved rather than abandon it. Neither my intelligence nor my writing is comparable to such men. Nevertheless, in the end, we ALL live in phantom huts.”
Quote of the day 07/18/25
From Basho: “Not knowing the name of the tree,I stood in the floodof its sweet scent.”
Quote of the day 07/17/25
From Basho: “No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.”
Quote of the day 07/16/25
From Basho: “The temple bell stopsBut the sound keeps comingout of the flowers”
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