禅Hongzhi Zhengjue

proverb

Moon and Pond

Song

Traditionally attributed

Text

When the bright moon enters the pond, the pond is not deeper for it. When the moon leaves, the pond is not shallower. The pond's practice is to receive without recording.

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Attribution

Lineage: Caodong

By Hongzhi Zhengjue

Sources

  • contentCultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi

    Taigen Dan Leighton (trans.)

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