禅Seung Sahn

proverb

Throw It All Away

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Text

Whatever you have, throw it away. Then whatever throws it away, throw that away too. When there is nothing left to throw, you have arrived where you always were.

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Attribution

Lineage: Kwan Um

By Seung Sahn

Sources

  • contentThe Compass of Zen

    Seung Sahn

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