禅Yangshan Huiji

proverb

Where Are You From?

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

A monk arrived. Where are you from? From the mountains. Which mountain? The student who answers any mountain has not yet been on it.

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Attribution

Lineage: Caodong

By Yangshan Huiji

Sources

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

    Andy Ferguson

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