禅Trần Nhân Tông

proverb

After the Throne

Trần Dynasty

Traditionally attributed

Text

After leaving the throne I lived in the mountains, and many came to ask for guidance. I told them: do as I did, but in your own house. Whatever throne you sit upon, leave it daily — and return to it in service.

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Attribution

Lineage: Trúc Lâm

By Trần Nhân Tông

Sources

  • contentLê Mạnh Thát — Vietnamese Buddhist history publications

    Lê Mạnh Thát

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