禅Buddhamitra

proverb

Find the Old King

Indic

Traditionally attributed

Text

I told my disciple: there is a son of an old king walking in the marketplace, and he does not yet know who he is. Find him; remind him; and the kingdom is reset by a single sentence.

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Attribution

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Buddhamitra

Sources

  • contentEssays in Zen Buddhism, First Series

    D. T. Suzuki

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