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Flower Sermon
Story of the origin of Zen Buddhism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Flower Sermon is a story of the origin of Zen Buddhism in which Gautama Buddha transmits direct prajñā (wisdom) to the disciple Mahākāśyapa. In the original Chinese, the story is Niān huā wēi xiào (拈花微笑, meaning "Picking up a flower and smiling").
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