Living Carefree According to Conditions

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When hungry, eat. When tired, rest. When things come, respond. When they go, let them pass. The Way is not rare — only the willingness to meet it plainly.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

license: cc_by

Attribution

• Attributed To
  Trần Nhân Tông

Lineage: Trúc Lâm

By Trần Nhân Tông

• Buddha in Each Ordinary Actpractice-instruction
• Knowing the Mind, Seeing the Natureproverb
• Three Mountains, One Houseproverb
• King Today, Monk Tomorrowproverb
• Buddha in the Houseproverb

Sources

• contentCuong Tu Nguyen — medieval Vietnamese Buddhism scholarship

  Cuong Tu Nguyen

  pp. 85–123

• contentLê Mạnh Thát — Vietnamese Buddhist history publications

  Lê Mạnh Thát