Host Within Host

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When the host sees the guest, that is still a division. When the host sees the host, the whole household falls silent.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Dongshan Liangjie

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Dongshan Liangjie

• Truth Outside Yourselfproverb
• Verses of the Five Ranksverse
• Five Ranks: The Verses of the Upright and the Inclinedverse
• Dongshan Crosses the Streamdialogue
• The Seamless Monumentdialogue

From Five Ranks

• Verses of the Five Ranks
• Five Ranks: The Verses of the Upright and the Inclined
• Five Ranks of Lord and Vassal
• Five Ranks of Lord and Vassal (Wǔwèi Jūnchén)

Sources

• contentThe Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues

  Cleary, Thomas (trans.)

• contentZen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice

  Hori, Victor Sōgen