禅Taego Bou

proverb

No Back, No Front

Goryeo

Traditionally attributed

Text

When you face the cushion, the cushion is in front. When you face the marketplace, the marketplace is in front. The seat that has no back and no front is the one you carry between them.

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Attribution

Lineage: Taego Order

By Taego Bou

Sources

  • contentBuddhism and Buddhists in Korea

    Sung-bae Park

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