禅Shinchi Kakushin

proverb

Fuke Zen Origins

Kamakura

Traditionally attributed

Text

I traced the line of Fuke back to a wandering Tang monk who rang a small bell through the marketplace. The bell was the only sutra he carried; everyone who heard it was instructed.

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Attribution

Lineage: Rinzai

By Shinchi Kakushin

Sources

  • contentZen Buddhism: A History — Volume 2: Japan

    Heinrich Dumoulin

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