Ryokan Taigu Quotes

• With no mind, flowers lure the butterfly; With no mind, the butterfly visits the blossoms. Yet when flowers bloom, the butterfly comes; When the butterfly comes, the flowers bloom.

  Ryokan Taigu

  Buddhist, Flower, Butterfly

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• You must rise above
  The gloomy clouds
  Covering the mountaintop
  Otherwise, how will you
  Ever see the brightness?

  Ryokan Taigu

  Clouds, Covering, Brightness

  10 Copy quote

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