禅Baizhang Huaihai

proverb

Wash Your Bowl

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

After breakfast, what should I do? Wash your bowl. After washing the bowl, what should I do? Set it down. After setting it down, what should I do? You are already doing it.

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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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