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Saigyo quotes: I'd like to divide myself in order to see, among these mountains, each and every flower of every cherry tree.

I'd like to divide myself in order to see, among these mountains, each and every flower of every cherry tree.

Saigyo quotes: Today's satori:Such a change of mind wouldNot exist withoutMy lifelong habit of havingMy mind immersed in blossoms.

Today's satori:
Such a change of mind would
Not exist without
My lifelong habit of having
My mind immersed in blossoms.

Saigyo quotes: Limitations gone: Since my mind fixed on the moon, Clarity and serenity Make something for which There's no end in sight.

Limitations gone: Since my mind fixed on the moon, Clarity and serenity Make something for which There's no end in sight.

Saigyo quotes: 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 trees.

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 trees.

Saigyo quotes: Returning to whereIt used to see blossoms,My mind, changed,Will stay on at Yoshino ... Home now, and see anew.

Returning to where
It used to see blossoms,
My mind, changed,
Will stay on at Yoshino ...
Home now, and see anew.

Saigyo quotes: Every single thing changes and is changing always in this world. Yet with the same light the moon goes on shining.

Every single thing changes and is changing always in this world. Yet with the same light the moon goes on shining.

Saigyo quotes: The cherries' only fault: the crowds that gather when they bloom

The cherries' only fault: the crowds that gather when they bloom

Saigyo quotes: The mind for truthBegins, like a stream, shallowAt first, but thenAdds more and more depthWhile gaining greater clarity.

The mind for truth
Begins, like a stream, shallow
At first, but then
Adds more and more depth
While gaining greater clarity.

Saigyo quotes: Beyond this life andThis world I'll have it tilMy heart's content:The bright moon that passed overThe horizon before I had my fill.

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 my fill.

Saigyo quotes: Whatever it is, / I cannot understand it, / although gratitude / stubbornly overcomes me / until I'm reduced to tears.

Whatever it is, / I cannot understand it, / although gratitude / stubbornly overcomes me / until I'm reduced to tears.