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101 Zen stones - Your light may go out
Identifier
016351
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
"Your Light may go out"
A student of Tendai, a philosophical school of Buddhism, came to the Zen abode of Gasan as a pupil.
When he was departing a few years later, Gasan warned him:
'Studying the truth speculatively is useful as a way of collecting preaching material.
But remember that unless you meditate, your light of truth [wisdom] may go out.'