proverb

Last Sickness

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

Even a sickness can be the teaching. When my last sickness came, my students wept. I said: this body is not yours to mourn. Mourn the day you cannot tell whose body it is.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

license: cc_by

Attribution

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Dongshan Liangjie

Sources

  • contentZen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings

    Andy Ferguson