Awakening Quote by Ryōkan Download Open image ““I must go there today - Tomorrow the plum blossoms Will scatter.”” — Ryōkan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Awakening Buddhism Flowers Poetry Today tomorrow Zen
“However wildly this year's cherry blossoms bloom, I'll see them with the plum's scent filling my heart.” — Ono no Komachi Copy Share Image
“Let us go, then, exploring, this summer morning, when all are adoring the plum blossom and the bee.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I bought plum blossoms more for the name than for the color; I buy lipstick that way, too. In other words, if it sounds… — Dorothea Grossman Copy Share Image
“Inside plum trees stood in a row, flowers lifted their pale throats to the moon and stars, a magnolia held its tight-closed buds like… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“Don’t worry if the flowers pass, I’ll be right there to plant you more” — Liana Cincotti Copy Share Image
“Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days' worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of… — Ryokan Copy Share Image
“The plants and flowers I raised about my hut I now surrender To the will Of the wind” — Ryokan Copy Share Image
“How can we ever lose interest in life? Spring has come again And cherry trees bloom in the mountains.” — Ryokan Copy Share Image
“In this world of dreams, drifting off still more; and once again speaking and dreaming of dreams. Just let it be.” — Ryokan Copy Share Image
“Keep your heart clear And transparent, And you will Never be bound. A single disturbed thought Creates ten thousand distractions.” — Ryokan Copy Share Image
“In all ten directions of the universe, there is only one truth. When we see clearly, the great teachings are the same. What can… — Ryokan Copy Share Image
“The rain has stopped, the clouds have drifted away,and the weather is clear again. If your heart is pure, then all things in your… — Ryokan Copy Share Image
“Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places? Look for delusion and truth in the bottom of your own heart.” — Ryokan Copy Share Image
“Good friends and excellent teachers - Stick close to them! Wealth and power are fleeting dreams but wise words perfume the world for ages.” — Ryokan Copy Share Image
“Someday I'll be a weather-beaten skull resting on a grass pillow, Serenaded by a stray bird or two. Kings and commoners end up the… — Ryokan Copy Share Image
“If there is beauty, there must be ugliness; If there is right, there must be wrong. Wisdom and ignorance are complementary, And illusion and… — Ryokan Copy Share Image
“When all thoughts Are exhausted I slip into the woods And gather A pile of shepherd's purse. Like the little stream Making its way… — Ryokan Copy Share Image
It is natural that our minds replay old stories, because that is our own mechanism for trying to work out unresolved problems. Yet rerunning… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“It is not so much about fighting against the ego; it is more about harmonizing with it.” — Grace Sara Copy Share Image
Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills.… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
“Low states are a like a poison to the psyche. Millions of people throughout the world take tranquillizers each day to combat depression, but… — Belsebuub Copy Share Image
The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“CWC (Church Women Concerned) enabled us as women in that part of South Africa, to see ourselves as ordinary citizens who found themselves in… — Sindiwe Magona Copy Share Image
I feel there is a great spiritual awakening on the planet right now. More than any previous time, people are drawn to meditation, to… — Agapi Stassinopoulos Copy Share Image
Motivation is awakening own mind and Inspiration is arising spirit in others to find their own with their heart and soul in all. — Anuj Copy Share Image
“Everything we perceive to be solid and static is made up of almost entirely empty space.” — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Life is perhaps best regarded as a bad dream between two awakenings. — Eugene O'Neill Copy Share Image
“The Illusion - The source of suffering can be linked back to a condition of the mind that creates the illusion of separation--the state… — L.M.Blanchard Copy Share Image
