禅Mazu Daoyi

proverb

Eighty-Four Students

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

I had eighty-four enlightened students, and not one of them taught the same thing. The dharma is wide enough to give each of them a different door, and narrow enough that all those doors open onto the same yard.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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By Mazu Daoyi

Sources

  • contentOrdinary Mind as the Way: The Hongzhou School and the Growth of Chan Buddhism

    Mario Poceski

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