禅Zhaozhou Congshen

proverb

Three Pounds, One Mountain

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

Some teacher said: three pounds of flax. Some teacher said: a dry shit-stick. I say: a stone bridge. Cross all three, and you arrive at the same village.

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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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