Zen Master Lingyou, Tanzhou (the capital is located in Changsha, Hunan) (now west of Ningxiang County, Hunan) was the inheritor of Zen Master Baizhang Huaihai, whose common surname was Zhao, was from Changxi, Fuzhou (now Xiapu, Fujian). He left his relatives at the age of fifteen

　　　Tanzhou (the capital is located in Changsha, Hunan) Weishan (now west of Ningxiang County, Hunan) Zen Master Lingyou, the Dharma heir of Zen Master Baizhang Huaihai, whose common surname is Zhao, was from Changxi, Fuzhou (now Xiapu, Fujian). He left his relatives at the age of fifteen and became a monk according to the lawyer of Jianshan Temple in this county. He received the full precepts at the age of twenty-three. Later, he learned the precepts from Yibin, Qiantang. At this time, although Zen Master Lingyou had some research on the Great Hinayana teachings and the precepts, he felt that the profound principles could not replace actual practice, nor could they guarantee liberation at the end of death. Because of the inspiration, he decided to give up the study of literati and look for new ways of practicing. He said: "The Buddhas' ultimate theory, although the wonderful principles are profound, they are not the place where I live in the gods."

　So, he began to travel. On the way to tour the remains of Master Zhizhe in Tiantai, Zen Master Lingyou met Han Shanzi. Han Shanzi enlightened him and said, "Thousands of mountains and rivers, they will stop when they meet a pond. Get priceless treasures and provide relief to all the children." But at that time, he did not understand the meaning. Later, I met Shide in Guoqing Temple , and Shide also enlightened him. Only then did he realize that the two great masters were urging him to go south to Jiangxi to attend the ceremony of Zen Master Baizhang . At that time, Zen Master Baizhang was still in the Litan Temple in Baofeng Mountain where Mazu Pagoda was located. Therefore, it is said that "stop when you encounter a pond."

So, Zen Master Lingyou went straight to Jianchang Litan Temple in Jiangxi Province to attend the ceremony of Zen Master Huaihai, Mazu Fasi, and was preparing to follow him to learn Southern Zen. When Zen Master Baizhang saw Zen Master Lingyou, he knew that he would be a great good teacher in the future, so he accepted him as his disciple and ranked first in the study.

　　One day, Zen Master Lingyou stood up and Zen Master Baizhang asked, "Who?"

　　Zen Master Lingyou said, "Something A."

　　Zen Master Baizhang asked, "Is there any fire in the furnace?"

　　Zen Master Lingyou immediately put the furnace and replied, "No fire."

　　Zen Master Baizhang didn't believe it, so he got up in person, took the fire chopsticks and pulled the furnace deep, and found some sporadic small fires. He clamped up, held it to Zen Master Lingyou, and said, "You don't know this!"

Zen Master Lingyou realized his enlightenment and immediately thanked Zen Master Baizhang and stated the truth he had just realized.

　　Zen Master Baizhang said, "This is a temporary way. The sutra says: If you want to know the meaning of Buddha nature, you should observe the causes and conditions of the season. When the season comes, it is like being confused and suddenly enlightened, as if you forget and remember, you will not be able to obtain things from others. Therefore, the ancestor said: If you have realized and not realized, you will not be able to do without the mind. It is just that there is no falsehood, ordinary people and saints. Originally, the Dharma of the mind (original) is sufficient. Now that you are, you will be good at protecting yourself."

　The next day, Zen Master Lingyou went into the mountain to work with Zen Master Baizhang. Zen Master Baizhang asked, "Will you get the fire?"

Zen Master Baiyou said, "You get it."

Zen Master Baizhang asked, "Where is it?"

Zen Master Lingyou picked up a branch of firewood, blew it twice, and handed it to Zen Master Baizhang.

　　Zen Master Baizhang said, "It's like an insect rushing against a tree."

　　Zen Master Lingyou realized the truth, and it happened that Sima Toutuo came from Hunan. Sima Toutuo told Zen Master Baizhang: "I found a mountain in Hunan, called Dawei, which is the place where 1,500 good teachers (not long ago, I found a mountain in Hunan with excellent Feng Shui, called Dawei, which is a good temple where a great teacher with 1,500 people live)."

　　Zen Master Baizhang said, "Can the old monk live?"

　　Sima Toutuo said, "It's not the monk."

　　Zen Master Baizhang asked, "Why "

　　Sima Toutuo said, "The monk is a bone man, and that is a mountain of meat. If you live in a house, you will not have enough money for thousands of people (the monk is a thin man, but that mountain is a plump mountain. If you live there, there will be no more than one thousand disciples). "

　　Zen Master Baizhang said, "No one in my group can live in this mountain (Is anyone among my disciples able to live in this mountain)?"

　　Sima Toutuo said, "Let's watch it (I'll observe it one by one)."

Weishan

　At that time, Zen Master Hualinjue was the first leader under Baizhang , and his virtue was very high. Zen Master Baizhang asked the attendant to invite him.

　The Zen Master Baizhang asked Sima Toutuo: "How is this person? ”

　Sima Toutuo asked Zen Master Hualinjue to say qing kai first, then take a few steps, and said, "No." ”

　So Zen Master Baizhang ordered the attendant to invite Zen Master Lingyou. At that time, Zen Master Lingyou was a divine post (responsible for the food in the temple).

　Sima Toutuo said as soon as he saw it, "This is the master of Weishan. ”

　That night, Zen Master Baizhang summoned Zen Master Lingyou into his room and instructed him: “I beg for alms here. The beautiful land of Weishan Mountain, you should live there, continue to follow our sect and broaden our future generations. "

Later, when Zen Master Hualinjue heard about this, he felt quite uneasy. So he found Zen Master Baizhang and asked, "A certain Jia is in the top position, how can the Qu Zu be the abbot? ”

　　Zen Master Baizhang said: "If you can give a special word to the public, you should be with the abbot (if you can give a special word to my questions in public, I will hand over the abbot seat of Weishan to you). ”

After saying that, he pointed to the Jingping Bottle and asked, “It must not be called Jingping Bottle, what do you call it? ”

Zen Master Hualinjue said: “It cannot be called wood (wood trunk) (tu, tree pocket). "

Zen Master Baizhang asked Zen Master Lingyou. Zen Master Lingyou kicked the clean bottle down and walked out straight.

Zen Master Baizhang smiled and said, "The first one is the mountain. "

　So, Zen Master Lingyou went to Daweishan to open a temple.

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Zen Master Lingyou said privately: "I am the abbot, for the benefit of others, and since I have stopped returning, how can I help you? (My abbot's original intention is to benefit sentient beings. Since I live here, I am isolated from the world and keep myself alone, what's the use of it?)? "So he wanted to give up this mountain and go to other places. When he went down the mountain to the entrance, he saw snakes and tigers intertwined on the road, and groups of jackals and wolves blocking his way down the mountain. Zen Master Lingyou said, "You beasts, don't block my way." If I have a fate in this mountain, you will disperse each other. If I don’t have the chance, I should wait and move. I passed by and let you eat it. "As soon as he finished speaking, the insects and tigers scattered. So Zen Master Lingyou returned to the small temple where he originally lived and continued to wait for the cause and condition.

After less than a year, Monk Lan'an led several monks from Baizhangshan to assist Zen Master Lingyou. Monk Lan'an said to Zen Master Lingyou: "I have a seat with the monk, and wait for the monks and 500 people. No matter the season, I will not make porridge, so I will put a seat at the bottom of a certain armor (I came to serve as a seat for the monk, and when the monks live on this mountain reach 500, no matter what the situation is, I will no longer serve as a seat. Please let me go down the mountain). "Zen Master Lingyou agreed.

　　From then, the residents at the foot of the mountain gradually knew that there were monks living in the mountain, so they led to create Banyu . At that time, the prime minister Pei Xiu was appointed as the governor of Tanzhou and had a close relationship with Zen Master Lingyou. He gave great support and protection to Zen Master Lingyou's Dharma propaganda activities, especially during the Huichang Dharma difficulties. Therefore, after the Huichang Dharma difficulties, Dawei Mountain quickly became a large jungle where scholars from all directions competed to mingle. Zen Master Lingyou also became the leader of a sect, known as "Zen Master Weishan." ”

Zen Master Lingyou has been preaching in Daweishan for more than 40 years and has attracted a large number of believers. His subordinates are numerous, mostly one-sided masters. He has a variety of methods of receiving people, and his French interviews have been regarded as treasures of the Zen forest for thousands of years. Here are three examples, from which we can get a grade of the taste of the Weishan Dharma.

　　1. The first hall: "The mind of the Taoist is straightforward and unfair, without any back or face, without deception. At all times, the sight and hearing are normal, and there is no complaint, nor does the eyes and ears be closed, but the emotions are not attached to things. From the above saints, they only talk about the turbid and bad things, if there is no such thing as many evil consciousness, emotions, and thoughts, like the clear and unconscious autumn water, pure and indifferent, and call him a Taoist, and it is also called a person without any trouble." A monk asked at that time, "Does the person who suddenly realizes the enlightenment practice more?" The master said: "If he truly understands the original, he knows that when he is practicing or not practicing is both the same. Now, although the original intention is obtained from fate, he will understand it in one thought, and he still has the habit of no beginning and no kalpa If the qi is not purified suddenly, it is necessary to teach the channel to purify the current karma and flow consciousness, which is to practice. There should be no other method, and teach the channel to practice. From hearing the principle, the profound and wonderful method, the mind will be clear, and you will not be in the land of confusion. Even if there are hundreds of thousands of wonderful meanings, it will be suppressed at that time, then you must sit and wear clothes, and make plans to achieve it. In order to put it in mind, you will not be able to accept one dust, and you will not give up one method in the door of thousands of practices. If you enter it directly, you will be completely filled with the feelings of the ordinary and holy people, and you will be in a state of mind and in a state of mind and affairs, and you will be like a Buddha."

　　2. The monk asked, "What is the Tao?" The master (Zen Master Lingyou) said, "Without heart is the Tao." He said, "I don't know how to take it." The master said, "Why can't you know how to take it?" The master said, "How can you not know how to take it?" The master said, "You are just not someone else." He said, "At this time, people can't take it directly, and they are your heart, and they are your Buddha. If you get a single understanding of it from outside, you will be , meditation , and there is no negotiation. It is called transporting feces in, but not transporting feces out, which will pollute your heart. Therefore, the Tao is not the Tao."

　　3. The master (Zen Master Lingyou) slept and asked questions on the mountain, and the master turned to face the wall. He said to the emperor, "How can the monk do this?" The master stood up and said to the emperor, "I have a dream just now, please try to see it for me." He took a basin of water and washed his face with the master. After a while, Xiang Yan also came to ask for information. The master said, "I came to have a dream. Jizi has made me his original name. You can see it with me." Yan ordered a bowl of tea. The master said, "The two sons' views are too much like squid."

　The three quotes quoted above are very interesting. If you can understand them, you can still walk with Zen Master Weishan even after a thousand years. Zen Master Lingyou worked tirelessly throughout his life, and for more than 40 years, and after his guidance, countless enlightened people were enlightened. During his lifetime, he even said that after his death, he should practice the Bodhisattva path and be a friend of all sentient beings who are uninvited. He once went to the hall and said, "A hundred years later, the old monk made a water buffalo at the foot of the mountain. He wrote five words under the left side, saying, "Mr. Weishan monk, A.' At this time, he called Weishan monk and also a water buffalo, and water buffalo and a Weishan monk. After all, what can I get it?" Later, someone chanted a verse on this case:

"It's not Weishan or a cow, and it's hard to get one body and two numbers.

　　The two ends should be separated from each other, how to know how to get the flow of the constant flow."

　　　The Zen Master Lingyou of Weishan entered the ninth day of the first lunar month in the seventh year of Dazhong (853), the eighty-threeth day of the spring and autumn, the sixty-fourth day of the precepts of the Zen Master Dayuan.