禅Foyan Qingyuan

proverb

Now Is the Instant

Song

Traditionally attributed

Text

Practice cannot be saved for tomorrow. Even today is too late if you wait until evening. Now is the instant — the only one available.

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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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