禅Gyeongheo Seongu

proverb

No Difference Between High and Low

Joseon

Traditionally attributed

Text

I have eaten at the table of the king and at the table of the leper. The mouth that opened was the same mouth, and what entered it became the same body of the Way.

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Attribution

Lineage: Seon

By Gyeongheo Seongu

Sources

  • contentThe Zen Monastic Experience — Robert E. Buswell

    Robert E. Buswell Jr.

    pp. 191–229

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