proverb

Women and Children Sit Too

Kamakura

Traditionally attributed

Text

Whenever I built a hall, I made sure the women and children could sit there. The dharma had no robe of its own; it accepted any size.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

Lineage: Sōtō

By Keizan Jōkin

Sources

  • contentSōtō Zen in Medieval Japan

    William M. Bodiford