禅Qingyuan Xingsi

proverb

Cutting an Axe-Handle

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

To cut an axe-handle, the model is in your hand. To pass on the dharma, the model is in your life. Look closely at the model; if it has a chip in it, the new handle will too.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Qingyuan Xingsi

Sources

  • contentZen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings

    Andy Ferguson

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