Plain Words for Ordinary People

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I speak the dharma in plain Japanese, not borrowed Chinese. The dharma is not a foreign letter you must memorize; it is your own grandmother's tongue, used carefully.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Bankei Yotaku

Lineage: Rinzai

By Bankei Yotaku

• Don't Side with Yourselfproverb
• The Unborn Buddha Mindsermon
• Don't Trade Your Buddha-Mind for Thoughtssaying
• The Unborn Buddha-Mindproverb
• Do Not Fight the Angerproverb

Sources

• contentBankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei

  Peter Haskel (trans.)