At that time the two schools, that of Hui-Neng of the South and Shen-hsiu of the North, flourished side by side. As the two schools were distinguished from each other by the names Sudden (the South) and Gradual (the North), the question of which sect
they should follow baffled certain scholars of the time.
Seeing this the patriarch addressed the assembly as follows:
'' So far as the dharma is concerned, there can be one school. If a distinction exists, it exists in the fact of the founder of one school is a northern man, while the other is a southerner. While there is only one dharma, some disciples realize it more quickly than others. The reason why the names Sudden and Gradual are given is that some disciples are superior to others in mental dispositions. So far as the dharma is concerned, the distinction of sudden and gradual does not exist.''
(The Sutra of Hui-Neng)
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