A Mothers Advice
Jiun, a Shingox master, was a well-known Sanskrit scholar of the Tokugawa era. When he was young he used to deliver lectures to his brother
students. His mother heard about this and wrote him a letter: "Son, I do not think you became a devotee of the Buddha because you desired to turn into a walking dictionary for others. There is no end to information and commentation, glory and honor.
I wish you would stop this lecture business. Shut yourself up in a little temple in a remote part of the mountain. Devote your time to meditation and in this way attain true realization."
Source-Zen Flesh Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
#buddha #buddhahindi #buddhateachings #buddhism #buddhastory #tripitaka #nameless #mother'sadvice #zenstory #mahayana
Jiun, a Shingox master, was a well-known Sanskrit scholar of the Tokugawa era. When he was young he used to deliver lectures to his brother
students. His mother heard about this and wrote him a letter: "Son, I do not think you became a devotee of the Buddha because you desired to turn into a walking dictionary for others. There is no end to information and commentation, glory and honor.
I wish you would stop this lecture business. Shut yourself up in a little temple in a remote part of the mountain. Devote your time to meditation and in this way attain true realization."
Source-Zen Flesh Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
#buddha #buddhahindi #buddhateachings #buddhism #buddhastory #tripitaka #nameless #mother'sadvice #zenstory #mahayana
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