Yīduàn (義端) was a 12th-century
Chinese monk of the
Chan (禪) school of
Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
.
Yiduan is notable for the saying "Language is a sham, silence a lie, but beyond language and silence a road goes by" (語是謗, 寂是誑, 語寂向上有路在).
五燈會元: 卷第四
The Chinese Text Project.
References
Zen Buddhist monks
Chinese Buddhist monks
Chinese Zen Buddhists
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