What is the original Chinese?

本来无一物，何处惹尘埃. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

本來無一物，何處惹塵埃

Originally there is not one thing. Where could dust land?

Huineng, Platform Sutra 1 (Origins), Huineng's verse

What it means

A rival verse said to polish the mind like a mirror so no dust collects. Huineng answered that at bottom there is no mirror and nothing to soil. Stop scrubbing at a self and see what is actually there.

The source

"Originally there is not one thing. Where could dust land?" Huineng said it in Platform Sutra 1 (Origins), Huineng's verse. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

"本来无一物，何处惹尘埃"

Original Chinese, Platform Sutra 1 (Origins), Huineng's verse. Text read at zh.wikisource.org.

Who said it

The Zen masters (6th–13th century). Bodhidharma, Huineng, Linji, Zhaozhou, Yunmen, Wumen and Dogen: the Chan and Zen teachers whose sayings, koans and records shaped the school of sudden awakening. Our lines are translated from the Chinese and Japanese originals.

Questions

What does "Originally there is not one thing. Where could dust land?" mean?: A rival verse said to polish the mind like a mirror so no dust collects. Huineng answered that at bottom there is no mirror and nothing to soil. Stop scrubbing at a self and see what is actually there.
Who said "Originally there is not one thing. Where could dust land?"?: Huineng (6th–13th century). Source: Platform Sutra 1 (Origins), Huineng's verse.
What is the original Chinese?: 本来无一物，何处惹尘埃. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.
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Cite this line

"Originally there is not one thing. Where could dust land?" (Huineng, Platform Sutra 1 (Origins), Huineng's verse, translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/originally-there-is-not-one-thing-where-could