Verse Composed in Vietnamese (Chữ Nôm)

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The Buddha's name fills heaven and earth; the dharma's light touches every corner. Why seek enlightenment in a distant land when the pure land is this very ground? The mind that calls upon the Buddha and the Buddha that is called — they are not two. This is the first teaching in our own tongue.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Khuông Việt

Lineage: Thiền

By Khuông Việt

• The Duty of the National Preceptordialogue

From Thiền Uyển Tập Anh (Anthology of the Garden of Vietnamese Zen)

• On the Impermanence of Dynasties
• The Illusory Nature of Power
• The Duty of the National Preceptor
• The King Tests the Third Patriarch
• On Receiving the Succession
• The Dharma Is Not Separate from Mind
• Silent Transmission

Sources

• contentCuong Tu Nguyen — medieval Vietnamese Buddhism scholarship

  Cuong Tu Nguyen

  Thiền Uyển Tập Anh, Khuông Việt section; attributed as one of the earliest Buddhist verses composed using Vietnamese vernacular elements; after Cuong Tu Nguyen (1997), pp. 29–43

  Thiền Uyển Tập Anh (Anthology of the Garden of Vietnamese Zen): Verse Composed in Vietnamese (Chữ Nôm)