The Meaning of Bodhidharma's Coming from the West

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A monk asked Xianglin, "What is the meaning of the patriarch's coming from the West?" Xianglin said, "Sitting for a long time becomes toilsome."

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Attribution

• Speaker
  Xianglin Chengyuan

Lineage: Guiyang

From Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues

• My Mind Is Not at Peace
• Thinking of Not-Thinking
• Not Knowing Is Most Intimate
• The Boat Monk's Transmission
• The Sound of Bamboo
• Vast Emptiness, Nothing Holy
• Ordinary Mind Is the Way
• Nanquan Kills the Cat
• Wash Your Bowl
• The Oak Tree in the Garden

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Blue Cliff Record, Case 17

  Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues: The Meaning of Bodhidharma's Coming from the West