禅Liễu Quán

proverb

When the Mountain Becomes the Master

Nguyễn Dynasty

Traditionally attributed

Text

I went to the mountain to find a master and waited many years. One morning the mountain said: you have become my student already; the looking around for me was the lesson.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

Lineage: Lâm Tế

By Liễu Quán

Sources

  • contentCuong Tu Nguyen — medieval Vietnamese Buddhism scholarship

    Cuong Tu Nguyen

    pp. 124–149

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