禅Susan Myoyu Andersen

proverb

Care and Precepts

Modern

Traditionally attributed

Text

The precepts are not a set of laws but a practice of care. To take a precept is to take responsibility for a kind of attention; to break a precept is to take responsibility for the breaking.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

Lineage: White Plum Asanga

Sources

  • contentThe Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training

    John Daido Loori

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