禅Bankei Yotaku

proverb

No Special Rules

Edo

Traditionally attributed

Text

I make no special rules for my students. Live as you live; only do not separate yourself from the Unborn. When the bell rings, come; when it is time to leave, go.

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Attribution

Lineage: Rinzai

By Bankei Yotaku

Sources

  • contentBankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei

    Peter Haskel (trans.)

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