禅Yunmen Wenyan

proverb

One-Word Barrier

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

What is the dharma? Suitable. What is the practice? Through. What is the highest matter? Look. One word, one barrier; pass it, and you walk.

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Attribution

Lineage: Yunmen

By Yunmen Wenyan

Sources

  • contentMaster Yunmen: From the Record of the Chan Master 'Gate of the Clouds'

    Urs App (trans.)

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