禅Jan Chozen Bays

proverb

Mindful Eating

Modern

Traditionally attributed

Text

Sit with one raisin. Look at it; smell it; chew it slowly. After one raisin, the rest of the meal becomes a teacher. After many meals, the day becomes the cushion.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

Lineage: White Plum Asanga

By Jan Chozen Bays

Sources

  • contentThe Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training

    John Daido Loori

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