禅Dongshan Shouchu

dialogue

Three Pounds of Flax

Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues

Tang

Historically verified

Encounter dialogue · Mondō

Dongshan Shouchu

A monk asked Dongshan

“What is Buddha?”

Dongshan said

“Three pounds of flax.”

Attribution

Lineage: Nanyue line

By Dongshan Shouchu

From Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues

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