禅Taego Bou

proverb

Five Houses, One River

Goryeo

Traditionally attributed

Text

The five houses of Chan are five fords on one river. Cross at any of them and you reach the same farther shore. Argue about which ford is best, and you stand on this side until you die.

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Attribution

Lineage: Taego Order

By Taego Bou

Sources

  • contentTracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen — Robert E. Buswell

    Robert E. Buswell Jr.

    pp. 17–97

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