Vast Emptiness, Nothing Holy

Text

He asked: what is the highest meaning of the holy truth? I answered: vast emptiness, nothing holy. He could not understand. I crossed the river and went north.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Bodhidharma

Lineage: Early Chan

By Bodhidharma

• Bodhidharma Pacifies The Mindkoan
• Vast Emptiness, Nothing Holydialogue
• A Special Transmission Outside the Scripturessaying
• Chop Wood, Carry Waterproverb
• No Meritproverb

Sources

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

  Andy Ferguson

• contentThe Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues

  Cleary, Thomas (trans.)