Long Scroll of The Treatise On The Two Entrances and Four Practices

Long Scroll Of The Treatise On The Two Entrances And Four Practices

The Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices (Chinese: 二入四行 Erh-ju ssu-hsing; Japanese: Ninyū shigyō ron) is a Buddhist text attributed to Bodhidharma, the traditional founder of Chan (Japanese: Zen) Buddhism.

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