禅Chin'gak Hyesim

proverb

The Hwadu Is Not an Answer

Goryeo

Traditionally attributed

Text

The hwadu is not an answer waiting to be found. It is a wedge driven into the seam of your habits. When the wedge is fully in, the habits split — not the hwadu.

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Attribution

Lineage: Jogye

By Chin'gak Hyesim

Sources

  • contentThe Zen Monastic Experience — Robert E. Buswell

    Robert E. Buswell Jr.

    pp. 149–190

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