The Debate with the Abhidharma Masters

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When Jayata arrived in the land where Vasubandhu's followers flourished, the senior monks sent a message: 'Our practice is to analyze the constituents of mind and body in careful detail. We have no interest in the wordless transmission.' Jayata sent back this reply: 'The constituents of mind and body—who is doing the analyzing?' When no answer came, Jayata entered the community and taught.

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Attribution

• Speaker
  Jayata

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Jayata

• The Incense That Never Burns Outdialogue

From Jingde Chuandenglu

• On Gradual Cultivation
• Watch the Mind
• On Sudden Enlightenment
• The Debate at Huatai
• Before Thinking Arises
• The One Who Has No Rank
• The Arrow on High
• Meeting the Poet Li Ji
• Just This Is It
• Cold Ashes, Dead Tree

Sources

• contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Zen project editorial

  Jingde Chuandenglu, Vol. 1, Jayata chapter

  Jingde Chuandenglu: The Debate with the Abhidharma Masters