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Jianzhi Sengcan (Chinese: 鑑智僧璨; Pīnyīn: Jiànzhì Sēngcàn; Wade–Giles: Chien-chih Seng-ts'an; Romanji: Kanchi Sōsan) is known as the Third Chinese Patriarch of Chán after Bodhidharma and thirtieth Patriarch after Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha.

He is considered to be the Dharma successor of the second Chinese Patriarch, Dazu Huike (Chinese: 大祖慧可; Pīnyīn: Dàzǔ Huìkě; Wade–Giles: Ta-tsu Hui-k’o; Romanji: Taiso Eka). Sengcan is best known as the putative author of the famous Chan poem, Xinxin Ming (Chinese: 信心銘; Pīnyīn: Xìnxīn Míng; Wade–Giles: Hsin-hsin Ming), the title of which means "Inscription on Faith in Mind". ...more

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“Do not seek for the truth, only stop having an opinion.”
― SENG-TS'AN
tags: zen
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“Words! Words! The Way is beyond language, for in it there is no yesterday no tomorrow no today.”
― SENG-TS'AN, Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind
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“Do not search for the truth;
only cease to cherish opinions.”
― SENG-TS'AN
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