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> [Zen is mind-less activity, that is, Mind-ful activity, and it may often be advisable to emphasize the mind, and say, Take care of the thoughts and the actions will take care of themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/zen-is-mind-less-activity-that-is-mind-ful-activity-and-it-may-often/)

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## More by Reginald Horace Blyth

> [Regarding R. H. Blyth: Blyth is sometimes perilous, naturally, since he's a high-handed old poem himself, but he's also sublime - and who goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/regarding-r-h-blyth-blyth-is-sometimes-perilous-naturally-since-he-s/)

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> [Or, to express this in another way, suggested to me by Professor Suzuki, in connection with seeing into our own nature, poetry is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/or-to-express-this-in-another-way-suggested-to-me-by-professor-suzuki/)

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> [Zen is the unsymbolization of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/zen-is-the-unsymbolization-of-the-world/)

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> [These are some of the characteristics of the state of mind which the creation and appreciation of haiku demand: Selflessness, Loneliness, Grateful Acceptance, Wordlessness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/these-are-some-of-the-characteristics-of-the-state-of-mind-which-the/)

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> [It is not merely the brevity by which the haiku isolates a particular group of phenomena from all the rest; nor its suggestiveness, through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/it-is-not-merely-the-brevity-by-which-the-haiku-isolates-a-particular/)

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> [A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment, in which we see into the life of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/a-haiku-is-the-expression-of-a-temporary-enlightenment-in-which-we/)

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> [There is nothing intrinsically more beautiful or poetical about the moon than about a dunghill; if anything, the contrary, for the latter is full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/there-is-nothing-intrinsically-more-beautiful-or-poetical-about-the/)

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> [We that change, hate change. And we that pass, love what abides. Ashes, darkness, dust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/we-that-change-hate-change-and-we-that-pass-love-what-abides-ashes/)

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> [I myself think that to have a cat is more important than to have a Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/i-myself-think-that-to-have-a-cat-is-more-important-than-to-have-a/)

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> [The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/the-love-of-nature-is-religion-and-that-religion-is-poetry-these/)

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> [The importance and unimportance of the self cannot be exaggerated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/the-importance-and-unimportance-of-the-self-cannot-be-exaggerated/)

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> [There is a Hindu myth about the Self or God of the universe who sees life as (play). But since the Self is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/there-is-a-hindu-myth-about-the-self-or-god-of-the-universe-who-sees/)

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> [The establishment of inner harmony is to be attained neither in the past nor in the future, but where the past and future meet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/the-establishment-of-inner-harmony-is-to-be-attained-neither-in-the/)

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> [Regarding R. H. Blyth: Two men who may be called pillars of the Western haiku movement, Harold G. Henderson and R. H. Blyth. . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/regarding-r-h-blyth-two-men-who-may-be-called-pillars-of-the-western/)

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> [There is a Hindu myth about the Self or God of the universe who sees life as a form of play. But since the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/there-is-a-hindu-myth-about-the-self-or-god-of-the-universe-who-sees-2/)

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