Sun-Face Buddha, Moon-Face Buddha

Text

Mazu was unwell. The temple director asked him, "Teacher, how has your health been in recent days?" Mazu said, "Sun-face Buddha, Moon-face Buddha."

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Speaker
  Mazu Daoyi

Lineage: Nanyue line

By Mazu Daoyi

• This Mind Is Buddhakoan
• This Mind Is Not Buddhakoan
• This Very Mind Is Buddhadialogue
• Drink Up the Yangtze Riverdialogue
• Not Mind, Not Buddhadialogue

From Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues

• My Mind Is Not at Peace
• Thinking of Not-Thinking
• Not Knowing Is Most Intimate
• The Boat Monk's Transmission
• The Sound of Bamboo
• Vast Emptiness, Nothing Holy
• Ordinary Mind Is the Way
• Nanquan Kills the Cat
• Wash Your Bowl
• The Oak Tree in the Garden

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Blue Cliff Record, Case 3

  Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues: Sun-Face Buddha, Moon-Face Buddha