Against Mere Silent Illumination

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Some teachers tell you to sit until the mind is bright like a clear pond. I tell you: bring up the hwadu and let it cut through the pond. A pond untouched by a stone does not yet show its bottom.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Dahui Zonggao

Lineage: Linji

By Dahui Zonggao

• Make Your Mind Brightproverb
• Great Doubt, Great Awakeningsaying
• Burning the Blue Cliff Recordproverb
• Letters to Lay Studentsproverb
• Great Mass of Doubtproverb

Sources

• contentHow Zen Became Zen: The Dispute Over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China

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