A Flower in a Dream

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The official Lu Geng said to Nanquan, "The teaching of Sengzhao says, 'Heaven and earth and I share one root; the myriad things and I are of one body.' This is marvelous indeed!" Nanquan pointed to a flower in the garden and said, "People of this age see this flower as if in a dream."

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Attribution

• Speaker
  Nanquan Puyuan

Lineage: Nanyue line

By Nanquan Puyuan

• Nansen Cuts the Cat in Twokoan
• It Is Not Mind, It Is Not Buddha, It Is Not Thingskoan
• Learning Is Not The Pathkoan
• Ordinary Mind Is the Waydialogue
• Nanquan Kills the Catdialogue

From Blue Cliff Record

• Body Exposed in the Golden Wind
• The Seamless Monument
• Nothing Within, Nothing Without
• Verse on Case 1: Bodhidharma's Vast Emptiness
• Verse on Case 6: Yunmen's Every Day Is a Good Day
• Verse on Case 14: Yunmen's Appropriate Statement
• Blue Cliff Record (Bìyán Lù)

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Blue Cliff Record, Case 40

  Blue Cliff Record: A Flower in a Dream