禅Baizhang Huaihai

proverb

The Pure Rule

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

I wrote down the rules of the monastery so that no master after me could be tempted to make himself a king. Read the rules; they will outlast my voice. The voice was only there to write them.

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Attribution

Lineage: Nanyue line

By Baizhang Huaihai

Sources

  • contentZen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings

    Andy Ferguson

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