禅Philippe Reiryū Coupey

proverb

Zen Without Country

Modern

Traditionally attributed

Text

Zen has no country. It puts on the language of the people in front of it. We sit in French, in Italian, in Polish — and the dharma sits in all of them, and asks for none.

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Lineage: Sōtō

By Philippe Reiryū Coupey

Sources

  • contentThe Zen Way to the Martial Arts

    Taisen Deshimaru

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