禅Chin'gak Hyesim

proverb

Three Questions, One Throat

Goryeo

Traditionally attributed

Text

Who is hearing this voice? Who is asking who hears? Who is the one who asks who asks? When the three questions arise from one throat and go nowhere, the throat itself opens.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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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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