Four Relations of Host and Guest

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Sometimes the host examines the guest, sometimes the guest examines the host, sometimes guest and host examine each other, sometimes host and guest forget themselves. Be all four; do not become attached to any of them.

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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