禅Dahui Zonggao

proverb

Great Mass of Doubt

Song

Traditionally attributed

Text

Stir up a great mass of doubt about the hwadu. Stir until the doubt becomes the only thing in your day. The day the doubt cracks, the day cracks too.

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Attribution

Lineage: Linji

By Dahui Zonggao

Sources

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

    Morten Schlütter

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