Born Already Robed

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Śāṇavāsa is said to have been born wearing a hempen robe, the same robe he wore throughout his practice and in which he entered nirvāṇa. When asked about this wonder, he said: 'This robe is not mine alone. Every being is born already wearing it. The only question is whether you know you have it on.'

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Shanakavasa

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Shanakavasa

• The Robe That Never Wears Outdialogue

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, Shanakavasa chapter

  Jingde Chuandenglu: Born Already Robed