禅Hyech'ŏl

saying

No Dharma Apart from This

Jodang Daesa Eorok (Recorded Sayings of Master Jodang)

Unified Silla / Early Goryeo

Traditionally attributed

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When Hyecheol returned from China and established his seat at Donam Hermitage on Dongni-san, a monk asked: 'You received the seal from Xitang in Tang China. What did you bring back?' Hyecheol said: 'Xitang did not give me anything.' The monk asked: 'Then where is the teaching?' Hyecheol said: 'Right where you are standing. There has never been a different place.'

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Attribution

Lineage: Seon

By Hyech'ŏl

Sources

  • contentThe Formation of Ch'an Ideology in China and Korea — Robert E. Buswell

    Robert E. Buswell Jr.

    After Robert E. Buswell Jr., 'The Formation of Ch'an Ideology in China and Korea' (1989), ch. 3 on the Nine Mountains schools and Dongni-san; traditional transmission record

    Jodang Daesa Eorok (Recorded Sayings of Master Jodang): No Dharma Apart from This

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