Three Bodies, One Sword

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Doctrine is the dharma body, meditation is the reward body, conduct is the manifestation body. The Sŏn student wields all three with one sword — and the sword cuts only delusion, never the dharma.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Seosan Hyujeong

Lineage: Seon

By Seosan Hyujeong

• Investigating the Live Wordpractice-instruction
• Hold the Phrase Like a Mosquito Biting Ironproverb
• Warrior-Monkproverb
• Three Religions, One Mindproverb
• An Empty Templeproverb

From Mirror of Seon (Seongamnok)

• Hold the Phrase Like a Mosquito Biting Iron

Sources

• contentThe Zen Monastic Experience — Robert E. Buswell

  Robert E. Buswell Jr.

  pp. 21–58