禅Toyo Eicho

proverb

Use the Anthology Sparingly

Muromachi

Traditionally attributed

Text

Do not memorize the whole anthology and quote it at others; that is parrot work. Carry one phrase in the body for a month, and you have done more than reciting a hundred.

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Attribution

Lineage: Rinzai

By Toyo Eicho

Sources

  • contentZen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice

    Hori, Victor Sōgen

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