禅Bojo Jinul

proverb

An Ox on the Mountain

Goryeo

Traditionally attributed

Text

Practitioners are like an ox on the mountain: from a distance the ox seems to walk along the path of clouds, yet at every moment its hooves are on the dirt. Awakening does not lift you off the ground — it sets you firmly on it.

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Attribution

Lineage: Jogye

By Bojo Jinul

Sources

  • contentTracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen — Robert E. Buswell

    Robert E. Buswell Jr.

    pp. 17–97

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