禅Ruiyan Shiyan

dialogue

Master! Are You Awake?

Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues

Tang

Historically verified

Encounter dialogue · Mondō

Ruiyan Shiyan

Every day Ruiyan would call out to himself, "Master!" and answer, "Yes?"

Then he would say, "Are you awake?" and answer, "Yes, yes!" "From now on, don't be fooled by others, any day, any time." "No, no!"

Attribution

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Ruiyan Shiyan

From Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues

Sources

No per-field confidence has been recorded for this teaching yet. Treat individual claims with the caution appropriate to the source list below.

Attribution status: verified — see editorial policy for what this means.

1 supporting citation on record (see Sources above).

Spot something wrong? Report an issue — please include a source so we can verify the correction.