The Kingdom Left Behind

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When Saṃghanandi renounced his royal inheritance to enter the saṅgha, his father asked: 'What will become of the kingdom?' Saṃghanandi said: 'The same thing that became of every kingdom before it.' His father wept. Saṃghanandi said: 'You see—this is why I am going. I do not wish to be the cause of that kind of sorrow for the rest of my life.'

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Sanghanandi

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Sanghanandi

• The Bell That Speaks Without Winddialogue

From Jingde Chuandenglu

• On Gradual Cultivation
• Watch the Mind
• On Sudden Enlightenment
• The Debate at Huatai
• Before Thinking Arises
• The One Who Has No Rank
• The Arrow on High
• Meeting the Poet Li Ji
• Just This Is It
• Cold Ashes, Dead Tree

Sources

• contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Zen project editorial

  Jingde Chuandenglu, Vol. 1, Sanghanandi chapter

  Jingde Chuandenglu: The Kingdom Left Behind