Spring Comes, Grass Grows Naturally

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When spring comes, the grass grows naturally. When autumn comes, the dew becomes frost. This is not something arranged. This is not something practiced. The ten thousand things arise and cease according to their nature— and the Dharma that underlies them all arises and ceases with nothing.

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Attributed To
  Langye Huijue

Lineage: Linji

By Langye Huijue

• The Vast Empty Skydialogue

From Wudenghuiyuan

• The Way of the Patriarchs
• On Silent Illumination
• Instructions for Zazen
• Teaching the Japanese Monk
• The Gate of Jingshan
• The Vast Empty Sky

Sources

• contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Zen project editorial

  Wudenghuiyuan, Langye Huijue chapter; associated verse tradition

  Wudenghuiyuan: Spring Comes, Grass Grows Naturally