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Essays in Zen Buddhism, First series

Note f153 — THE MEDITATION HALL, AND THE IDEALS OF THE MONKISH DISCIPLINE

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Na vāsanair bhidyate cit na cittaṁ vāsanaiḥ saha, Abbinnalakshaṇaṁ cittaṁ vāsanaiḥ pariveshtitarṁ. Malavad vāsanā yasya manovijñāna-sambhavā, Pata-śuklopamaṁ cittaṁ vāsanair na virājate. Yathā na bhāvo nābhāvo gaganaṁ kathyate mayā, Ālayaṁ hi tathā kāya bhāvābhāva-vivarjitaṁ. Manovijñāna vyāvṛittaṁ cittaṁ kālusbya varjitam, Sarvadharmāvabodhena cittaṁ buddhaṁ vadāmyaham. The Laṅkāvatāra, p. 296.

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