that's fine as it is sweeping the fallen leaves
sore de yoroshii ochiba o haku
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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He sweeps the fallen leaves. Sweep them, and still more come down. That's fine as it is. Here is a quiet affirmation that the sweeping and the falling alike may stay just as they are.