Verse on Sun-Face Buddha

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Sun-face Buddha, Moon-face Buddha— What kind of person is this? Through twenty years of bittersweet experience, the dragon king is subdued. If you want to know the sword that gives life and the sword that takes— here, look between these two blades.

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Attributed To
  Xuedou Chongxian

Lineage: Yunmen

By Xuedou Chongxian

• Verse on Bodhidharma's Vast Emptinessverse
• 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 3, Xuedou's verse

  Blue Cliff Record: Verse on Sun-Face Buddha