禅Upagupta

proverb

Counted Stones

Indic

Traditionally attributed

Text

I asked each new student to bring a small stone for every passion that arose. The cave filled with stones; the passions did not. Then we built a wall around the cave with the stones, and used it as a meditation hall.

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Attribution

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Upagupta

Sources

  • contentEssays in Zen Buddhism, First Series

    D. T. Suzuki

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