In Praise of the Perfection of Wisdom

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The Perfection of Wisdom: not born, not destroyed, not defiled, not pure, not increasing, not decreasing. Those who seek her with concepts are like those who try to grasp the wind. Those who abandon all seeking find she was never absent. Keizan's verse: Rāhulabhadra sings the praise / of what cannot be praised. / The song itself is the teaching— / hear it without ears.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Rahulata

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Rahulata

• No Fixed Abodesaying

From Denkoroku

• The Robe That Never Wears Out
• The Fragrance Without a Flower
• The Mind That Is Like Space
• The Auspicious Cloud
• The Wine Jar and the Dharma
• The Star That Does Not Move
• Entering the Gate as a Householder
• The Vow of Pārśva
• The Debate That Ended Without Debate
• Meeting Nāgārjuna

Sources

• contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Zen project editorial

  Denkoroku, Case 17; attributed Prajnaparamita-stotra

  Denkoroku: In Praise of the Perfection of Wisdom