For example, Ryokan, a priest of the Soto sect who was also famous in story book, described that 'If you are sick, it is better to be sick, and if you are dying, it is better to die. This is good medicine by which you can escape from disease and death.'
たとえば曹洞宗の僧で、童話でも有名な良寛は「病む時は病むがよく御座候、死ぬ時は死ぬがよく御座候、これ病死よりすくわる妙薬にて御座候」と述べている。