禅Zhaozhou Congshen

proverb

Have You Eaten? Wash Your Bowl

Mumonkan, Case 7

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

A monk said: I have just entered the monastery; please instruct me. Have you eaten breakfast? Yes. Then go and wash your bowl. The monk woke up.

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Lineage: Nanyue line

By Zhaozhou Congshen

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