禅Bankei Yotaku

proverb

The Unborn Buddha-Mind

Edo

Traditionally attributed

Text

Your mind, as you were born with it, is the Unborn buddha-mind — marvelously illuminating, unmistaken. Simply not making anything of it, you abide where everything is complete.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

Lineage: Rinzai

By Bankei Yotaku

Sources

  • contentZen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice

    Hori, Victor Sōgen

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