A wandering monk does not sleep three nights under the same mulberry tree, for fear of growing attached.
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The Buddhist precept 桑下不三宿 ('do not sleep three nights beneath the same mulberry') comes from the 《四十二章经》 — a reminder for itinerant monks to avoid forming attachments. The 宿 is read xiǔ as a night-counter, not sù.
