禅Baizhang Huaihai

proverb

What Is Extraordinary

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

What is extraordinary? Sitting alone on the great peak. The peak does not feel extraordinary about itself; that is its secret.

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Attribution

Lineage: Nanyue line

By Baizhang Huaihai

Sources

  • contentThe Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues

    Cleary, Thomas (trans.)

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