禅Seung Sahn

proverb

Only Don't Know

Modern

Traditionally attributed

Text

Before thinking, what are you? Keep that question. Don't know — that mind is clear like space. In the don't-know, all beings are already saved.

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Attribution

Lineage: Kwan Um

By Seung Sahn

Sources

  • contentThe Zen Monastic Experience — Robert E. Buswell

    Robert E. Buswell Jr.

    pp. 191–229

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