The True Person of No Rank

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There is a true person of no rank, always coming in and going out through the gate of the senses. Those who have not yet seen this person — look! Look!

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Linji Yixuan

Lineage: Linji

By Linji Yixuan

• When You Meet a Swordsmanproverb
• The True Person of No Ranksermon
• Linji's Four Shoutssermon
• Linji's Three Blows from Huangbodialogue
• If You Meet the Buddha, Kill the Buddhasaying

From Record of Linji

• When You Meet a Swordsman
• The True Person of No Rank
• Linji's Four Shouts
• Linji's Three Blows from Huangbo
• If You Meet the Buddha, Kill the Buddha
• Kill the Buddha, Kill the Patriarchs
• Followers of the Way

Sources

• contentThe Linji Lu and the Creation of Chan Orthodoxy

  Albert Welter