One Hundred Acts of Virtue

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Yanshou is said to have performed one hundred acts of virtue every day, including reciting the names of Buddhas, practicing meditation, releasing living creatures, copying sutras, worshipping at stupas, giving food to the hungry, and offering incense. He said: "Each act by itself is a drop of water. Only when the sea is filled drop by drop does the ship of liberation sail. Do not ask which drop was final—every drop was necessary."

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Yongming Yanshou

Lineage: Fayan

By Yongming Yanshou

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From Zongjing lu

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Sources

• contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Zen project editorial

  Song Gaoseng Zhuan, Yongming Yanshou chapter; Zongjing lu

  Zongjing lu: One Hundred Acts of Virtue