Quarrelsome Monk

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A monk came to me complaining that he could not stop quarreling. I said: bring me your quarrel-mind, and I will sit on it. He could not find it. I told him: when next it arises, neither push nor cling — and you will find it has no resting place to be.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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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.)