A Day Without Work Is a Day Without Eating

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A day without work is a day without eating.

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Attributed To
  Baizhang Huaihai

Lineage: Nanyue line

By Baizhang Huaihai

• Hyakujo's Foxkoan
• Baizhang's Water Bottledialogue
• The Wild Fox Koandialogue
• A Day Without Workproverb
• The Pure Ruleproverb

From Traditional Zen Sayings

• A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures
• Thirty Blows
• Mountains Are Mountains
• Cease and Desist
• Die While Alive
• The Whole Universe Is the Eye
• The Directness of Realization
• The Barrier of Words
• The Great Doubt Block
• Not Deceived by Words

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Baizhang Guanglu; Jingde Chuandenglu, Baizhang chapter

  Traditional Zen Sayings: A Day Without Work Is a Day Without Eating