禅Vô Ngôn Thông

proverb

Wall-Gazing in Vietnam

Early Thiền

Traditionally attributed

Text

Bodhidharma sat facing a wall in China. I sit facing the wall of the heart in Vietnam. The wall has not changed; only the country and the century around it.

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Attribution

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By Vô Ngôn Thông

Sources

  • contentCuong Tu Nguyen — medieval Vietnamese Buddhism scholarship

    Cuong Tu Nguyen

    pp. 26–42

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