禅Deshan Xuanjian

proverb

Blow Out the Candle

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

Longtan blew out the candle as I left his room. My eyes were full of dark, and I bowed: the dark was the candle.

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Attribution

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Deshan Xuanjian

Sources

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

    Andy Ferguson

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