Do Not Fight the Anger

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Do not fight the anger that arises. Do not water it; do not feed it; do not push it away. The Unborn buddha-mind does the rest while you sit still.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Bankei Yotaku

Lineage: Rinzai

By Bankei Yotaku

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Sources

• contentBankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei

  Peter Haskel (trans.)