禅Hakuin Ekaku

proverb

Letter to Young Monks

Edo

Traditionally attributed

Text

Sit in the burning house and do not run. The flames will become the wind that fans your practice. The student who runs out has only escaped a fire that was about to teach.

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Attribution

Lineage: Rinzai

By Hakuin Ekaku

Sources

  • contentThe Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin

    Norman Waddell (trans.)

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