Trickle and River

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A trickle and a great river — the trickle does not envy the river, the river does not despise the trickle. Both flow downhill toward the same sea.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Shitou Xiqian

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Shitou Xiqian

• Sandokai (Harmony of Difference and Equality)verse
• Song of the Grass Hutproverb
• Merging of Difference and Samenessproverb
• Stone Headproverb
• Do Not Think About the Roofproverb

Sources

• contentCultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi

  Taigen Dan Leighton (trans.)