Four Kinds of Shout

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Sometimes I shout like a king's sword. Sometimes like a lion crouching. Sometimes like a fishing pole probing the waters. Sometimes a shout that is not a shout. The student who learns to tell them apart is already half-free.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Linji Yixuan

Lineage: Linji

By Linji Yixuan

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Sources

• contentThe Linji Lu and the Creation of Chan Orthodoxy

  Albert Welter