禅Keizan Jōkin

proverb

Three Poisons in One Cup

Kamakura

Traditionally attributed

Text

Greed, anger, ignorance — three poisons in one cup. To drink them is hell; to refuse them is hell; to look at the cup until the cup itself becomes empty is the practice.

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Attribution

Lineage: Sōtō

By Keizan Jōkin

Sources

  • contentSōtō Zen in Medieval Japan

    William M. Bodiford

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