禅Guishan Lingyou

proverb

Admonitions

Guishan Jingce

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

If you join this assembly, do not waste your robes. Idleness in robes is theft from the donor; sleep in robes is theft from yourself.

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Attribution

Lineage: Caodong

By Guishan Lingyou

Sources

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

    Andy Ferguson

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