禅Mazu Daoyi

proverb

Ordinary Mind Is the Way

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

What is the Way? Ordinary mind is the Way. What is ordinary mind? Hungry, eat. Tired, sleep. Foolishness arises only when we add anything else.

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Attribution

Lineage: Nanyue line

By Mazu Daoyi

Sources

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

    Mario Poceski

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