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Buddhist : Zen / Chan

Taoist

7th Century

About Yoka Genkaku (Yongjia Xuanjue)

Timeline (665 - 713)

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English version by
Robert Aitken

Original Language
Chinese

[44] Mind is the base, phenomena are dust; (from The Shodoka)

Themes

Light

Recommended Books

	Buddhism and Zen, by Nyogen Senzaki / Ruth Strout McCandless

Mind is the base, phenomena are dust;
Yet both are like a flaw in the mirror.
When the flaw is brushed aside,
The light begins to shine.
When both mind and phenomena are forgotten,
Then we become naturally genuine.

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