Thirty Blows

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Deshan said: "Thirty blows if you can speak; thirty blows if you cannot speak."

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Deshan Xuanjian

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Deshan Xuanjian

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From Traditional Zen Sayings

• A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures
• 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

  Jingde Chuandenglu, Deshan chapter; Mumonkan Case 28

  Traditional Zen Sayings: Thirty Blows