溜單 / liū dān /
Leaving without Notification
Category:
Buddhist Terminology 佛學名相
Description:
十方叢林十方僧，不告而別是溜單，此山望見彼山高，到了彼山沒柴燒。
Monastics from the Ten Directions reside in a monastery of Ten Directions,
One who parts without announcement is a "leave without notification";
Expecting to arrive at an even higher mountain than this one,
Only to end up deprived of firewood upon one's arrival.
One who parts without announcement is a "leave without notification";
Expecting to arrive at an even higher mountain than this one,
Only to end up deprived of firewood upon one's arrival.
References:
星雲大師全集【書法類】中華文化佛教名詞 名相 The Complete Works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun: Calligraphy-Terminology
