禅Jianzhi Sengcan

proverb

The Tiniest Distinction

Xinxinming

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

Make the slightest distinction, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. Drop the distinction, and they meet in the palm of your hand.

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Attribution

Lineage: Early Chan

By Jianzhi Sengcan

From Xinxinming

Sources

  • contentEssays in Zen Buddhism, First Series

    D. T. Suzuki

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