[Buddha-l] Linji

[Franz Metcalf]

Rahula et al.,

Those Linji quotes are from the Linjilu (Jap. Rinzairoku), the Record 
of Linji. A brief and tremendously entertaining book, it is also one of 
the most profound (perhaps anti-) spiritual works in the Buddhist 
tradition. I suggest you pick up the easily available and wonderfully 
vivid Burton Watson translation.

Cheers,

Franz

On Jul 24, 2006, at 7:19 AM, Ngawang Dorje wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> Linji Yixuan  is quoted to have said these:
>  
> "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!
> If you meet the patriarchs or the arhats on your way, kill them too...
> Bodhidharma was an old bearded barbarian...
> Nirvana and Bodhi are dead stumps to tie your donkey to.
> The sacred teachings are only lists of ghosts, sheets of paper fit for 
> wiping the pus from your boils."
>  
> Can anyone provide the source of reference?
>  
> Thanks,
> Rahula
>
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