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title: "3 Blossoms Quotes By Saigyō"
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> [“Returning to where It used to see blossoms, My mind, changed, Will stay on at Yoshino... Home now, and see anew.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/returning-to-where-it-used-to-see-blossoms-my-mind-changed-will-stay/)

[Saigyo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/saigy-37405_blossoms_returning-to-where-it-used-to-see-blosso_247373.png)

> [“Last year, Yoshino, I walked away bending branches To point me to blossoms-- Which now are everywhere and I can Go where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/last-year-yoshino-i-walked-away-bending-branches-to-point-me-to/)

[Saigyo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/saigy-37405_blossoms_last-year-yoshino-i-walked-away-bending_1733400.png)

> [“Today's satori: Such a change of mind would Not exist without My lifelong habit of having My mind immersed in blossoms.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/today-s-satori-such-a-change-of-mind-would-not-exist-without-my/)

[Saigyo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/saigy-37405_blossoms_today-s-satori-such-a-change-of-mind-wou_3010128.png)

## More by Saigyō

> [Tightly held by rocks Through winter, the ice today Begins to come undone: A way-seeker also is the water, Melting, murmuring from the moss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/tightly-held-by-rocks-through-winter-the-ice-today-begins-to-come/)

[Saigyō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

> [“Returning to where It used to see blossoms, My mind, changed, Will stay on at Yoshino... Home now, and see anew.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/returning-to-where-it-used-to-see-blossoms-my-mind-changed-will-stay/)

[Saigyo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

> [This place of mine never is entered by humans come for conversation, only by the mute moon's light shafts that slip in between the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/this-place-of-mine-never-is-entered-by-humans-come-for-conversation/)

[Saigyō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

> [The cherries' only fault: the crowds that gather when they bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/the-cherries-only-fault-the-crowds-that-gather-when-they-bloom/)

[Saigyō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

> [Every single thing changes and is changing always in this world. Yet with the same light the moon goes on shining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/every-single-thing-changes-and-is-changing-always-in-this-world-yet/)

[Saigyō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

> [I'd like to divide myself in order to see, among these mountains, each and every flower of every cherry tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/i-d-like-to-divide-myself-in-order-to-see-among-these-mountains-each/)

[Saigyō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

> [“Last year, Yoshino, I walked away bending branches To point me to blossoms-- Which now are everywhere and I can Go where I've never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/last-year-yoshino-i-walked-away-bending-branches-to-point-me-to/)

[Saigyo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

> [Limitations gone: Since my mind fixed on the moon, Clarity and serenity Make something for which There's no end in sight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/limitations-gone-since-my-mind-fixed-on-the-moon-clarity-and-serenity/)

[Saigyō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

> [“Beyond this life and This world I'll have it til My heart's content: The bright moon that passed over The horizon before I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/beyond-this-life-and-this-world-i-ll-have-it-til-my-heart-s-content/)

[Saigyo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

> [Now seen...now gone, The butterfly flits in and out Through fence-hung flowers; But a life lived so close to them I envy...though it's here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/now-seen-now-gone-the-butterfly-flits-in-and-out-through-fence-hung/)

[Saigyō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

> [Whatever it is, / I cannot understand it, / although gratitude / stubbornly overcomes me / until I'm reduced to tears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/whatever-it-is-i-cannot-understand-it-although-gratitude-stubbornly/)

[Saigyō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

> [“Today's satori: Such a change of mind would Not exist without My lifelong habit of having My mind immersed in blossoms.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saigy/today-s-satori-such-a-change-of-mind-would-not-exist-without-my/)

[Saigyo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saigy/)

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