禅Gasan Jito

proverb

Old Pillow

Edo

Traditionally attributed

Text

An old pillow is the best pillow for sleep, and the best pillow for kōan. The shape of the dreamer has worn into it; nothing in it argues back.

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Attribution

Lineage: Rinzai

By Gasan Jito

Sources

  • contentZen Buddhism: A History — Volume 2: Japan

    Heinrich Dumoulin

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