proverb

Sweep the Path

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

Sweep the path. Sweep it again. Sweep it for thirty years. One day the broom will sweep the sweeper; and you will hear what tile-on-bamboo means without anyone striking either.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

Lineage: Guiyang

By Xiangyan Zhixian

Sources

  • contentZen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings

    Andy Ferguson