禅Baizhang Huaihai

proverb

Hoe and Sutra Together

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

Bring the sutra to the field, and the field to the sutra. The two were never apart; only our habits make them seem so.

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Attribution

Lineage: Nanyue line

By Baizhang Huaihai

Sources

  • contentZen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings

    Andy Ferguson

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