The Undivided Field

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A single phrase can block off ten thousand gates. A single glance can open the whole field. Where is the one not yet divided? Answer before you open your mouth.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Yuanwu Keqin

Lineage: Linji

By Yuanwu Keqin

• Pivoting on the Jewel-Mirrorproverb
• Pointer and Verseproverb
• Incense Stick on the Iron Anvilproverb
• Passing Onproverb
• Pivot Wordproverb

From Blue Cliff Record

• Tianhuang's Bowl Washing
• The Rhinoceros Fan
• Don't Think
• The Condolence Visit
• The Seamless Tower
• Alive or Dead in Sitting
• All Sounds Are Buddha-Sound
• All Three Bodies of Buddha
• End-of-Summer Address
• Daguang's Laughing

Sources

• contentThe Blue Cliff Record — R.D.M. Shaw translation, 1961

  R.D.M. Shaw (trans.)

• contentZen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice

  Hori, Victor Sōgen