禅Zhaozhou Congshen

proverb

Cypress Tree in the Garden

Mumonkan, Case 37

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

What is the meaning of the patriarch's coming from the west? The cypress tree in the garden. Do not look elsewhere — there is no elsewhere.

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By Zhaozhou Congshen

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