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The Blue Cliff Record is a classic text of Zen Buddhism, designed to assist in the activation of dormant human potential. The core of this extraordinary work is a collection of one hundred traditional citations and stories, selected for their ability to bring about insight and... read more

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First Sentence

Seeing smoke beyond a mountain, you know there's a fire; seeing horns beyond a fence, you know there's an ox.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Thomas Cleary (Author)

Popular Tags

  1. buddhism
  2. chan
  3. chinese
  4. koan
  5. rinzai
  6. zen 
 

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