师父领进门，修行靠个人

Mandarin

simpl.		师父领进门，修行靠个人
trad.		師父領進門，修行靠個人

Alternative forms

• 师傅领进门，修行靠个人

Proverb

师父领进门，修行靠个人 (simplified, Pinyin shīfu lǐng jìn mén, xiūxíng kào gèrén, traditional 師父領進門，修行靠個人)

1. A master can only lead a person to the temple gate; the individual must practice himself to become a monk.

References

• Haiwang Yuan (2010) This is China. Great Barrington, Massachusetts: Berkshire Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-933782-20-1