A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures

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A special transmission outside the scriptures; No dependence on words and letters; Directly pointing to the human mind; Seeing one's nature and becoming Buddha.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Bodhidharma

Lineage: Early Chan

By Bodhidharma

• Bodhidharma Pacifies The Mindkoan
• Vast Emptiness, Nothing Holydialogue
• Chop Wood, Carry Waterproverb
• No Meritproverb
• Vast Emptiness, Nothing Holyproverb

From Traditional Zen Sayings

• Thirty Blows
• A Day Without Work Is a Day Without Eating
• Mountains Are Mountains
• Cease and Desist
• Die While Alive
• The Whole Universe Is the Eye
• The Directness of Realization
• The Barrier of Words
• The Great Doubt Block
• Not Deceived by Words

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Traditional four-line summary of Chan, attributed to Bodhidharma

  Traditional Zen Sayings: A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures