禅Dahui Zonggao

proverb

Letters to Lay Students

Letters of Dahui

Song

Traditionally attributed

Text

I write to officials and merchants the same way I speak to monks. The dharma is not embarrassed by the marketplace; the marketplace is the place where it is most needed.

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Attribution

Lineage: Linji

By Dahui Zonggao

From Letters of Dahui

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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