Two Streams, One Source

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A monk from Eihei-ji came to Hōkyō-ji and said: 'They say your transmission comes through Ejō, not through Dōgen directly. Is your Dharma therefore lesser?' Jakuen held up his robe and said: 'Look. Rujing sewed this cloth. Does it matter which needle he used?' The monk was silent. Jakuen said: 'At Tiantong-shan, Dōgen and I sat side by side on the same platform. The snow fell the same on both our heads. Why do you now ask which snow is higher?'

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Speaker
  Jakuen

Lineage: Sōtō

By Jakuen

• Zazen Is the Dharma of All Buddhassaying
• Death Verse of Jakuenverse

From Hōkyō-ji Temple Records

• Zazen Is the Dharma of All Buddhas
• Death Verse of Jakuen

Sources

• contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Zen project editorial

  Hōkyō-ji temple records; cf. Dumoulin, Zen Buddhism: A History, Vol. 2, pp. 65–66

  Hōkyō-ji Temple Records: Two Streams, One Source