Mazu Fortune Poem No. 92: In all things, patience serves you best.

Mazu Fortune Poem No. 92 is paired with the Gu · Repair hexagram. In plain words: Before the words come out, before your hand moves, pause for a moment. Holding back just this once will turn things around.

Gu · Repair

In all things, patience serves you best.Think three times, and think it through with care.Never be rude or rash with anyone you meet.Learn from Zhang Liang, who fetched the old man's shoe.

Original Chinese

萬事如無忍最宜勸君三思細尋思逢人切莫輕唐突須學留侯進履時

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Questions people ask

Is Mazu Fortune Poem No. 92 a good fortune?

This set is not ranked from good to bad here. What matters is the reminder: Before the words come out, before your hand moves, pause for a moment. Holding back just this once will turn things around. The choice is yours.

What does Mazu Fortune Poem No. 92 say in English?

In all things, patience serves you best. / Think three times, and think it through with care. / Never be rude or rash with anyone you meet. / Learn from Zhang Liang, who fetched the old man's shoe.

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