禅Mahakashyapa

proverb

Ascetic Discipline

Pre-Han

Traditionally attributed

Text

Some called my discipline severe. I never asked the body for more than the body could give; I asked it not to bargain. The bargaining is the only severe thing.

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Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Mahakashyapa

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