禅Mahakashyapa

proverb

Three Robes and a Bowl

Pre-Han

Traditionally attributed

Text

Three robes and a bowl are enough for a monk. If you cannot live within those four objects, no fifth object will save you.

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Attribution

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Mahakashyapa

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