禅Daman Hongren

proverb

Two Verses, One Field

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

Shenxiu wrote of polishing the mirror. Huineng wrote that there is no mirror. The robe went south; the polishing did not stop. Both verses were correct, in different rooms of the same house.

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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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