Yiduan

Yiduan (義端) was a 12th century Chinese monk of the Chan (禪) school of Buddhism.

Yiduan is notable for the saying ‘Language is a sham, silence a lie. But beyond language and silence there is a way.’ (語是謗, 寂是誑, 語寂向上有路在.)

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