"To the fuki plant, dandelions, and their kind……" — Kobayashi Issa
"To the fuki plant, dandelions, and their kind that lie for long patiently under the fallen snow, comes the season of breezy spring. No sooner do they see the light of the world, stretching their longing heads out from the cracks in the snow, than they are instantly nipped off. For these plants isn't the sorrow as deep as that of the child's parents whose child had accidentally died? They say everything in the plant and tree kingdom attains Buddhahood. Then they, too, must have Buddha-nature."
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27 Quotes by Kobayashi Issa
Kobayashi Issa has 27 quotes on this site.
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Even with insects - some can sing, some can't.
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There is no stranger under the cherry tree.
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Listen, all creeping things, the bell of transience.
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Face of the spring moon- about twelve years old, I'd say.
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In spring rain a pretty girl yawning.
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Moon, plum blossoms, this, that, and the day goes
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Red morning sky - snail, are you glad of it?
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Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other.
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Here I'm here- the snow falling.
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What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.
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The world of dew is the world of dew. And yet, and yet--
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Where there are humans, You'll find flies, And Buddhas.
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