--- title: "3 Hsu Yun Quotes - (Empty Cloud)" description: "Shi Xuyun or Hsu Yun was a renowned Chinese Chan Buddhist master and an influential Buddhist teacher of the 19th and 20th centuries." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-hsu-yun-77012.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Hsu Yun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-hsu-yun-77012.jpg) # Hsu Yun **3** quotes in **52** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Shi Xuyun or Hsu Yun was a renowned Chinese Chan Buddhist master and an influential Buddhist teacher of the 19th and 20th centuries. ## Quick Facts About Hsu Yun Notable works Empty Cloud ## About Hsu Yun Shi Xuyun or Hsu Yun was a renowned Chinese Chan Buddhist master and an influential Buddhist teacher of the 19th and 20th centuries. ## Quotes by Hsu Yun > [Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start. Inquiring about a difference is like asking to borrow string when you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hsu-yun/saints-and-ordinary-folks-are-the-same-from-the-start-inquiring-about/) [Hsu Yun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hsu-yun/) [Asking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/hsu-yun-77012_asking_saints-and-ordinary-folks-are-the-same-f_81695.png) > [How wide are the horizons of the spinning earth! The moonlight leads the tides and the sun's light will not be confined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hsu-yun/how-wide-are-the-horizons-of-the-spinning-earth-the-moonlight-leads/) [Hsu Yun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hsu-yun/) [All things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-things/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/hsu-yun-77012_all-things_how-wide-are-the-horizons-of-the-spinnin_135139.jpg) > [You've traveled up ten thousand steps in search of the truth. So many days in the archives, copying, copying. The gravity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hsu-yun/you-ve-traveled-up-ten-thousand-steps-in-search-of-the-truth-so-many/) [Hsu Yun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hsu-yun/) [Archives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/archives/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/hsu-yun-77012_archives_you-ve-traveled-up-ten-thousand-steps-in_739031.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hsu-yun/#itemlist", "name": "Hsu Yun Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start. Inquiring about a difference is like asking to borrow string when you've got a good strong rope. 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