The Bell That Speaks Without Wind

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When Saṃghanandi was dwelling in a stone cave, a wind-bell rang in the doorway. Saṃghayaśas asked him: 'Is it the bell ringing, or the wind ringing?' Saṃghanandi said: 'Neither the bell nor the wind—it is the mind ringing.' Saṃghayaśas said: 'And the mind?' Saṃghanandi said: 'Hear it yourself.' Keizan's verse: Wind or bell—the argument is endless. / The one who argues does not hear. / Right now, in the stillness before thought— / is there any sound at all?

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Attribution

• Speaker
  Sanghanandi

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Sanghanandi

• The Kingdom Left Behindsaying

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 18

  Denkoroku: The Bell That Speaks Without Wind