禅Vô Ngôn Thông

proverb

Wordless

Early Thiền

Traditionally attributed

Text

The one who speaks the dharma most completely has not opened his mouth. The student who hears it most clearly has not pricked up his ears.

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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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