禅Aryadeva

proverb

Debate Without Pride

Indic

Traditionally attributed

Text

Win the debate, and the dharma loses. Lose the debate, and the dharma loses. Sit in the debate without preference, and the dharma stands up at the end and walks home.

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Attribution

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Aryadeva

Sources

  • contentEssays in Zen Buddhism, First Series

    D. T. Suzuki

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