proverb

Samādhi and Prajñā in One Practice

Secrets on Cultivating the Mind

Goryeo

Traditionally attributed

Text

Samādhi without prajñā becomes dullness; prajñā without samādhi becomes scattering. Hold them as two wings of one bird, and the bird neither falls into stupor nor blows away in the wind.

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Attribution

Lineage: Jogye

By Bojo Jinul

From Secrets on Cultivating the Mind

Sources

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

    Robert E. Buswell Jr.

    pp. 140–158