禅Deshan Xuanjian

proverb

Burning the Commentaries

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

I carried my commentaries on the Diamond Sutra over the mountains; I burned them in front of the master's gate. The fire warmed my hands. The teaching has not needed a footnote since.

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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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