If You Meet the Buddha, Kill the Buddha

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If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha. If you meet a patriarch, kill the patriarch. If you meet an arhat, kill the arhat. If you meet your parents, kill your parents. If you meet your relatives, kill your relatives. Only then will you find liberation.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Linji Yixuan

Lineage: Linji

By Linji Yixuan

• When You Meet a Swordsmanproverb
• The True Person of No Ranksermon
• Linji's Four Shoutssermon
• Linji's Three Blows from Huangbodialogue
• Be the Master Wherever You Aresaying

From Record of Linji

• When You Meet a Swordsman
• The True Person of No Rank
• Linji's Four Shouts
• Linji's Three Blows from Huangbo
• The True Person of No Rank
• Kill the Buddha, Kill the Patriarchs
• Followers of the Way

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Record of Linji, Dharma Hall Discourses

  Record of Linji: If You Meet the Buddha, Kill the Buddha