禅Dongshan Liangjie

proverb

Truth Outside Yourself

Record of Dongshan

Tang

Historically verified

Text

If you look for the truth outside yourself, it gets farther and farther away.

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Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Dongshan Liangjie

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