禅Dongshan Liangjie

proverb

Seeing My Reflection in the Stream

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

Crossing the stream I saw my own face in the water — and there it was at last, looking back. He is exactly me, but I am not him; the meeting is the meaning.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Dongshan Liangjie

Sources

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

    Andy Ferguson

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