Sweep the Path

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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.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Xiangyan Zhixian

Lineage: Guiyang

By Xiangyan Zhixian

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Sources

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

  Andy Ferguson