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1686·Kamakura, Japan

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.

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Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.

Even in Kyoto — hearing the cuckoo's cry — I long for Kyoto.

Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.

Do not follow in the footsteps of the old masters, but seek what they sought — and find it in the mountains, the rivers, and the open sky.

Kamakura, Japan