proverb

Street Retreat

Modern

Traditionally attributed

Text

We sat on the streets of the city without money, without robes. People passed us; nobody bowed. The dharma was on the sidewalk all the same.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

Lineage: White Plum Asanga

By Bernie Tetsugen Glassman

Sources

  • contentBearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace

    Bernie Glassman