禅Zhaozhou Congshen

proverb

Old Buddha, Old Cup

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

What is Zhaozhou? An old Buddha. What is the old Buddha? An old cup. The cup is not less because it is old; tea fills it as it always did.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

Lineage: Nanyue line

By Zhaozhou Congshen

Sources

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

    Andy Ferguson

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