禅Gyeongheo Seongu

proverb

No Need to Leave the World

Joseon

Traditionally attributed

Text

When the world is on fire, monks discuss whether to leave it. While they discuss, the world goes on burning. Sit down where you are; the fire becomes light, and the light shows the road.

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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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