禪林寶訓 3.49

3.49

Miaoxi said: “Frugality and letting go are the foundation of cultivating oneself and the essential key to entering the Way. Observing the ancients throughout history, rarely was there anyone who was not frugal and did not let go. In recent years, monastics travel through Jing and Chu to buy woolen rugs, and pass through western Zhejiang to seek spun silk; can they not feel ashamed before the ancients?”