A Mother's Advice
Ji-Un, a Zen 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."
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