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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
9th Century

About Tung-Shan (Tozan)

Timeline (806 - 869)

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English version by
Katsuki Sekida

Original Language
Chinese
Long seeking it through others,

 
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
The Record of Tung-Shan (Classics in East Asian Buddhism), by William F. Powell
Two Zen Classics: Mumonkan and Hekiganroku, Translated by Katsuuki Sekida

Long seeking it through others,
I was far from reaching it.
Now I go by myself;
I meet it everywhere.
It is just I myself,
And I am not itself.
Understanding this way,
I can be as I am.

 

 

 

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