禅Taizan Maezumi

proverb

Imperfect Teacher

Modern

Traditionally attributed

Text

I am an imperfect teacher; I have stumbled in plain sight. Do not study my stumble — study the way I rose. The dharma is in the rising, even when the stumble was clearly mine.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

Lineage: Sōtō

By Taizan Maezumi

Sources

  • contentThe Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training

    John Daido Loori

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