Scholars arrive from everywhere,
Each to the study of the uncaused.
This is the place of Awakened choice,
Where only minds empty of dust succeed.

Layman Pang (740 CE-808 CE), Layman Pang was a celebrated lay Buddhist in the Chinese Chán (Zen) tradition. Much like Vimalakīrti, Layman Pang is considered to exemplify the potential for non-monastic Buddhist followers to live an exemplary life and to be fully awakened.