禅Vô Ngôn Thông

proverb

School of No Words

Early Thiền

Traditionally attributed

Text

The school I founded was named for the silence I came in. If you wish to study with me, study the silences in your speaking. Study them long enough, and the speaking arranges itself.

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Attribution

Lineage: Thiền

By Vô Ngôn Thông

Sources

  • contentCuong Tu Nguyen — medieval Vietnamese Buddhism scholarship

    Cuong Tu Nguyen

    pp. 26–42

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