禅Foyan Qingyuan

proverb

Do Not Cling to the Moment

Song

Traditionally attributed

Text

If you cling to this moment, it becomes a moment ago and you have already missed it. Hold it loose enough that the next one finds your hand still open.

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Attribution

Lineage: Yangqi line

By Foyan Qingyuan

Sources

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

    Andy Ferguson

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