禅Taizan Maezumi

proverb

One Master, No Master

Modern

Traditionally attributed

Text

Take one master in this life and listen to him fully — and after listening, take no master at all. Without the first, the second is laziness; without the second, the first is idolatry.

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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