禅Liễu Quán

proverb

Light from a Bowl of Rice

Nguyễn Dynasty

Traditionally attributed

Text

Eat your bowl of rice slowly enough, and you will see light coming out of it. The student who has not seen this light has not yet eaten — only swallowed.

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Attribution

Lineage: Lâm Tế

By Liễu Quán

Sources

  • contentCuong Tu Nguyen — medieval Vietnamese Buddhism scholarship

    Cuong Tu Nguyen

    pp. 124–149

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