禅Daman Hongren

proverb

Guard the One Mind

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

Guard the one mind through all twelve hours of the day. The chickens scatter, the visitors come and go; if the one mind is guarded, none of them disturb the household.

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Attribution

Lineage: Early Chan

By Daman Hongren

Sources

  • contentSeeing Through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism

    John R. McRae

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