禅Chin'gak Hyesim

proverb

Silence Speaks the Dharma

Goryeo

Traditionally attributed

Text

The sound of the stream in the night valley — that voice has been preaching for thousands of years, and no one has yet heard the end of its sermon.

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Attribution

Lineage: Jogye

By Chin'gak Hyesim

Sources

  • contentTracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen — Robert E. Buswell

    Robert E. Buswell Jr.

    pp. 98–130

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