Verse on Bodhidharma's Vast Emptiness

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Vast emptiness, nothing holy— how will you identify it? He passed before the emperor's face; still people search. He crosses the Yangzi with one reed, creates a whirlwind wherever he walks. Nationwide the people search— where has he gone?

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Attributed To
  Xuedou Chongxian

Lineage: Yunmen

By Xuedou Chongxian

• Verse on Sun-Face Buddhaverse
• Verse on Every Day Is a Good Dayverse
• Verse on Case 1: Bodhidharma's Vast Emptinessverse
• Poetry and Zensaying
• Verse on Case 6: Yunmen's Every Day Is a Good Dayverse

From Blue Cliff Record

• Tianhuang's Bowl Washing
• The Rhinoceros Fan
• Don't Think
• The Condolence Visit
• The Seamless Tower
• Alive or Dead in Sitting
• All Sounds Are Buddha-Sound
• All Three Bodies of Buddha
• End-of-Summer Address
• Daguang's Laughing

Sources

• contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Zen project editorial

  Blue Cliff Record, Case 1, Xuedou's verse

  Blue Cliff Record: Verse on Bodhidharma's Vast Emptiness