Warrior-Monk

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A monk who takes up the bow does not become a soldier; he becomes a monk in armour. The arrow loosed from the dharma is the first one; the second is the body that loosed it. Both must return to the bow.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Seosan Hyujeong

Lineage: Seon

By Seosan Hyujeong

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• Hold the Phrase Like a Mosquito Biting Ironproverb
• Three Bodies, One Swordproverb
• Three Religions, One Mindproverb
• An Empty Templeproverb

Sources

• contentBuddhism and Buddhists in Korea

  Sung-bae Park