Zhaozhou Congshen Zen Master, the Dharma heir of Zen Master Nanquan Puyuan, has a secular surname, and is from Haoxiang, Caozhou. When Zen Master Zhaozhou was young, he was lonely and disgusted with the joy of the world. He left his relatives after a little bit of growth and became a monk from Hutong courtyard in our province. Later, I heard that Zen Master Puyuan, Nanquan, Chizhou, Daohua Rilong, although Zen Master Zhaozhou did not take the precepts, he went to attend the ceremony as a novice .
The first time I went to Nanquan, I happened to see Zen Master Nanquan resting in his room.
As soon as Master Nanquan saw Master Zhaozhou, he asked, "Where is it near?"
Zhen Master Zhaozhou said, "Ruixiangyuan."
Zhen Master Nanquan asked again, "Do you still see the Ruixiang?"
Zhen Master Zhaozhou said, "I don't see the Ruixiang, I only see the Tathagata."
Nanquan When the Zen master heard this, he turned over and sat up and asked, "Do you have a master novices, but novices?"
Zhen Master Zhaozhou said, "There is a master novices."
Zhen Master Nanquan said, "Who is your master?"
Zhen Master Zhaozhou walked up and bowed to ask, "The cold winter is severe, I am the monk who is honored to see all kinds of blessings."
South Zen Master Quan knew that Zen Master Zhaozhou was a rare magic weapon, so he accepted him as his disciple and asked the Vinaya monk to arrange "This novice monk elsewhere."
One day, Zen Master Zhaozhou entered the room and asked Zen Master Nanquan: "What is the Tao?"
The Zen Master Nanquan said: "The normal mind is the Tao."
The Zen Master Zhaozhou said: "Is it still fun to be indifferent?"
Zen Master Nanquan said, "If you want to go, you will be deviant."
Zen Master Zhaozhou said, "If you don't want to fight for it, you will know that it is the way?"
Zen Master Nanquan said, "The way is not known, it is not ignorant. Knowing is false awareness, not knowing it is ignorant. If you truly understand the way of undoubtedness, it is like being too empty, and you are scattered and unreliable, how can you force right and wrong?"
Zen Master Zhaozhou suddenly realized. So he went to Songyue Liuliu Altar to receive the full precepts, and then returned to Zen Master Nanquan again.
While in Nanquan, Zen Master Zhaozhou was tireless and his Taoist career made rapid progress. Zen Master Zhaozhou and Zen Master Nanquan often responded to harmony with each other and had a great time. Here are several cases, which are for readers to appreciate -
1. The teacher (Zhaozhou) made a stove in Nanquan, and the public asked to choose vegetables. The master shouted in the hall, "Put the fire! Put the fire!" The crowd arrived in front of the monk's hall, and the monk's hall was closed, and the crowd was in no way. Quan threw away the key, entered the hall through the window, and the master opened the door.
2. The master fetched water on the Nanquan Well. When he saw Nanquan passing by, he hugged the pillar and hung his feet, saying, "Save each other! Save each other!" Nanquan went up the escalator and said, "One, two, three, four, five." But when the master went to thank him, saying, "I'm here to thank the monk for help!"
3. Nanquan was fighting for Maoer in the east and west halls. When Quan came to the hall, he raised Maoer and said, "If you know the Tao, you will not behead him, and if you don't know the Tao, you will behead him." The public said that they did not agree with the intention of Quan, and then they would behead him. In the evening, the teacher returned from outside and asked about the news. Quan Nai said before, saying, "How can you save the cat?" The teacher then put a shoe on his head and went out. Quan Yun: "If the son is here, he will save the cat."
4. The master asked Nanquan, "I don't ask if it's strange, what's the type?" Quan held the ground with both hands, and the master stepped down, but returned to the Nirvana Hall, saying, "Repent! Repent!" Quan heard that, and asked, "What do you regret?" The master said, "I don't regret it again and step on two steps!"
After the Zen Master Zhaozhou received the precepts, he heard that his orphan lived in the Caozhou Guarding Courtyard, so he set out for a trip. After arriving at the National Guarding Court, his orphan secretly told the news of Zhaozhou returning to his hometown the Hao family . When the people from the Hao family heard this, they were very happy and just waited to come a few days ago to visit Zen Master Zhaozhou. After hearing about this, Zen Master Zhaozhou sighed, "The worldly love network has no time left. Since he has quit his monk, he doesn't want to see him again." So Xingye left Caozhou in dress.
After leaving Nanquan, Zen Master Zhaozhou began his long life in the world. His footprints spread across the north and south, and he had smart contacts with many Zen masters. He once said to himself: "If a seven-year-old child is better than me, I will ask you; if a centenarian is not as good as me, I will teach you."
Zhaozhou Zen Master came to Guanyin Academy in Zhaozhou, Hebei Province (now Berlin Zen Temple ) and stayed in Tsinghua for 40 years. In the process of attracting believers, Zen Master Zhaozhou left many meaningful cases for future generations. These cases are still relatively well preserved in the "Quotes of Zen Master Zhaozhou". The more famous cases are:
1. Zhenzhou Radish - Ask: "Did the monk Chengwen see Nanquan personally?" The master said: "The head of the big radish comes from Zhenzhou."
2. A monk from Kantai Mountain in Zhaozhou - a monk visited Wutai and asked a monk, "Where is the road to Taishan?" The monk said, "Go straight away." The monk then went. The lady said, "A good teacher and monk go like this." Later, a monk raised his eyes and said, "When I go and check it." Tomorrow, the lady went to ask, "Where is the road behind the mountain?" The lady said, "Go straight." The lady then left. The lady said, "A good teacher and monk are gone like this." The master returned to the courtyard and said to the monk, "The Taishan woman has discovered it for you."
3. Cypress tree in front of the courtyard - asked, "What is the intention of the ancestor coming from the west?" The master said, "The cypress tree in front of the courtyard." He said, "Don't show the monk the environment to others?" The master said, "I will not show the environment to others." He said, "What is the intention of the ancestor coming from the west?" The master said, "The cypress tree in front of the courtyard."
4. The teacher said, "I have eaten porridge?" and said, "I have eaten porridge." The master said, "I have eaten porridge." The master said, "I have eaten porridge." The master said, "I have left the porridge." The monk suddenly realized.
5. Zhaozhou Bridge ---Question: "I have been to Zhaozhou stone bridge for a long time, but I am only in a bad mood when I arrive." The master said, "You only see the stone bridge, but you don't see the stone bridge." He said, "What is the stone bridge?" The master said, "Save a donkey and a horse."
6. The dog has no Buddha nature - ask: "The dog has no Buddha nature?" The master said: "No." He said: "From all Buddhas and ants, they all have Buddha nature. Why is the dog without?" The master said: "For her, she has karma consciousness."
7. Go to eat tea - the master asked the new arrival, "Have you ever been here?" He said, "Have you ever arrived, "The master said, "Go to eat tea." He asked the monk again, and the monk said, "I haven't been there." The master said, "Go to eat tea." The master asked, "Why did I say I've ever come to eat tea, but I've never come to eat tea?" The master summoned the master of the courtyard and said, "I've never come to eat tea." The master said, "Go to eat tea."
8. Two dragons compete for the pearls--asked: "Who is the one who wins the pearls?" The master said: "Old monk just watch."
9. Qingzhou cloth shirt weighs seven kilograms - Question: "All things return to one, where does one return?" The master said: "The old monk made a cloth shirt in Qingzhou , which weighs seven kilograms."
10. The old monk ordered the twelve hours - asked: "How to use your heart in the twelve hours?" The master said: "You are sent by the twelve hours, and the old monk ordered the twelve hours." Then he said: "Brothers, don't stand for a long time, discuss things, and sit down under the robe and bowl without any matter. When the old monk walked, he was a miscellaneous place for porridge and rice, and there was no other place for the heart. If this was not the case, it was far away."
11. The lower part bite - the teacher asked , Zhao Wang , "How many teeth are there in Master Nian?" The teacher said, "There is only one." The king said, "How to eat?" The master said, "Although one, I will bite."
12. Where there is a Buddha, you can't stop, and where there is no Buddha, you can walk by quickly. The monk said, "Where are you going?" He said, "Where are you going to learn Buddhism?" The master raised his whisk and said, "Where can't stop, where there is a Buddha, you can't stop, and where there is no Buddha. Three thousand miles away, you can't go wrong when you meet someone." He said, "If you don't stop, you can't go." The master said, "Pick the flowers and pick the willow flowers."
In addition to the above cases, the Zen Master Zhaozhou also has several other French words in the upper hall, which are also very exciting--
The upper hall: "It's like a pearl in his palm, and the Hu appears from the Hu, and the Han and Han appear from the Han. The old monk used a grass as a golden body, and used a golden body as a grass. Buddha is affliction, and affliction is a Buddha.”
Golden Buddha does not save the furnace, wood Buddha does not save the fire, mud Buddha does not save the water. True Buddha sits inside. Bodhi Nirvana, the true Buddha nature, is all about body-holding clothes, also called afflictions. What is actually the place. If one mind does not arise, all things will be without any blame. You just need to study the truth and sit and watch for thirty or twenty years. If you don’t know, you will intercept the old monk’s head. The dream is empty and the flowers are captured in vain. If the mind is not different, all things will be the same. Neither get it from outside, nor are you more obsessed with it? Like a sheep, picking things up in your mouth. The old monk saw the monk Yaoshan and said, "Someone asked, but I will teach you to take the dog's mouth." ’The old monk also taught him to take the dog's mouth together. Taking me is dirty, not taking me is clean. It's like a hunting dog is dedicated to getting something to eat. Where is Buddhism? Thousands of people are looking for Buddha, and there is no Taoist in it. If you are disciples with King Kong, it is the most difficult to cure your heart disease. There was no world, and this nature had long been there. When the world is bad, this nature is not bad. After meeting the old monk, he was not someone else, but just a protagonist. Is this more searching for it? At this moment, don't change your mind. If you turn your head and change your mind, you will lose it. "
Zhen Master Zhaozhou's life was extremely difficult during his stay in the Guanyin Academy in Zhaozhou. His "Twelve Times Songs" is a true portrayal of this "village monk". It was not until two years before his death that Zen Master Zhaozhou received the offerings of the two kings of Yanzhao . Now, the "Twelve Times Songs" of Zen Master Zhaozhou are recorded next to it to inspire future generations of Zen people to deeply miss this old Zen master-
"The rooster crows ugly, and it is still funny when you see it (willing and hesitating). There is no skirt or robe, and there is a little shape. The trousers (kun, pants) have no waist, no mouth, and three or five dou of blue and gray on the head. If you want to practice (only hope) to benefit others, but who knows that you will become unlucky (not smart or powerful, and you will be regarded as a fool).
There is a long and dark village, and it is really hard to discuss. The rice with rice with rice without any grains, and the windows and gaps are empty. Only the birds are noisy, don’t be close to others, and you hear the fallen leaves frequently when you sit alone. Who says that he has lost love when he becomes a monk? He doesn’t feel tears in his tears.
Sunrise prints, but it is pure but turns into trouble. The merits of action are buried in dust, and the infinite fields have not been swept away. He has many eyebrows and few compliments, and is ulterior motives (haha) the old man in the East Village. Profits are never obtained, so I put the donkey in my hall.
When you eat, fireworks look at the neighbors in vain. The steamed bun (chasing) son has parted two years ago, and today I think about emptying my body. If you have few thoughts and sigh frequently, there will be no good people in a hundred families. The visitor only asked for tea to eat, but he couldn't eat tea again.
Yuzhong, who knew that this was the case with her hair. He was asked to be a village monk for no reason, and was humiliated and hungry and wanted to die. Hu Zhangsan and Li Si were respectfully never gave birth to any children. When I came here, I suddenly arrived at the door and only said that I would borrow tea and paper.
rd, the tea and meal wheel is still unrestricted (no landing). When I went to the south family and went to the north family, I did not give up the bill (rejection). Bitter sand salt (coarse salt), barley vinegar, millet and rice lettuce. Only by saying that offering is not easy, monks must have a strong heart.
The day has not yet come, and (this) will not be overwhelmed. I once heard that I had a full and forgot about hunger, but today I am the old monk. If you don’t practice Zen, you don’t care about the meaning, just lay a broken mat and sleep on a day. I thought that the Tushita Heaven above was not as good as this sun.
When I feed, there are also burning incense to worship people. Five wives and three goiters, one pair (the other two) have dark faces. Yama tea is really a treasure, and Vajra does not need to be bitter to open the tendons. May my silkworms and wheat be ripe in the coming year, and Rahula and a essay.
The sun enters the Youth Festival, and there is no need to guard against desolation. The clouds and water flow (extraordinary monks who practice cultivation) have no (actually no), and the towns of Li Temple (mediocre monks who travel around the mountains and rivers) often have (often). If you make a motto, you will be in vain to continue the descendants of Muni. A stick with thick and thorny quinoa not only climbs a mountain but also beats dogs.
At dusk, I sat alone in an empty dark room. The sun is never seen (the sun is not seen during the day, and the light is not seen at night), and the golden state paint is purely painted (black). I don’t hear the clock, and I’m wasting my life, but I only hear the rats chirping. Why do you have to be more in a mood and think about the paramita?
A man is determined to be a slaughter, and who loves the bright moon in front of the door? When you lie in the middle of worry, don't put on your clothes. Liu Weina and Zhao Wujie said it was strange that they were good at speaking. No matter how empty your monk's bags are, Du Yuan will never know what to do when you ask (ignoring it).
In the middle of the night, how could the mood be temporarily stopped. Think about how many monks in the world can have like me. The earthen bed, broken reeds, and the old elm pillows have no quilts. The statue does not burn the incense of benign, and only cow dung is smelled in the ashes. ”
Zhaozhou Zen Master, whose Dharma name is Congshen, is from Linzi, Shandong, and is born in Caozhou. He became a Zen master. He became a monk at Hutongyuan when he was young. He obtained the Dharma from Zen Master Puyuan, the fourth generation descendant after Master Huineng. He has spread the Dharma for 40 years and has been admired by monks and laymen. He is a model of the jungle and is known as the "Ancient Buddha of Zhaozhou".
The eleventh year of Dazhong in the Tang Dynasty (857), the 80-year-old Zen Master Congshen walked to Zhaozhou. The believers urged to stay in Guanyin Academy. He has achieved a deep abyss and is old and virtuous. He is famous in the north and south Zen forests and is known as "There is snow peak in the south and Zhaozhou in the north". "Zhaozhou's vision is shining in the world."
Information on the lifelong deeds of monk Zhaozhou was the first to be written in the "Zhaotang Collection" Volume 10, "Zhaozhou Monk" written in the 10th year of Baoda (952) of the Southern Tang ; the most detailed one is the "Zhaozhou Monk" described in the 10th year of Baoda Huitong in Luoyang East Court (referred to as "Zhaozhou Zen Master"). Later, the "Biography of the Great Monk of Song Dynasty" (written in the 10th year of Duangong (written in the 988th year of Duangong), "Zhaozhou East Court of Congshen Biography" and "Jingde Chuan Lanlu" (written in the 10th year of Jingde in the 10th year of Jingde in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda () of the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda () of the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda () of the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda () of the 10th year of Baoda () of the 10th year of Zhaozhou) and the Congshen Zen Master Zhaozhou have always been theories of Qi, and they are generally recognized. The monk named Zhaozhou is Congshen, and a native of Haoxiang, Caozhou. "Zutang Collection" says that the name is Quanshen, and the native of Qingshe Miqiu. Qingshe was borrowed from Qingshe in ancient times; the black hills are unknown. "Biography of the Song Dynasty" says that the Dharma name is Congshen, and Qingshen is a man of Qingshen. The "Zutang Collection" is probably the "Zuchu" in "Zutang Collection" is equivalent to the current Weifang, Shandong, Yidu and other places, and its capital is located in Qingzhou City, Shandong Province. The 26th "Immortal Interpretation" compiled by Du Sixiu of the Ming Dynasty and Feng Weine of the Ming Dynasty. According to the "Biography of the Song Dynasty", he returned to Zhaozhou as a man of the Ming Dynasty. The volume "Congshen" was the first among the "Warring States and the Qi people, Zhou Juanzi, An Qi people, An Qi people, Li Shaojun of the Han Dynasty, Li Shaojun of the Jin Dynasty, Zhu Fatai and others, and the latter The Southern and Northern Dynasties, monks and others obviously believed that Congshen lived before . "The Selected Journal of Ming Dynasty Local Chronicles of Tianyi Pavilion" and the Index of Names" therefore said that Congshen was a person of " Eastern Jin ". The above works were not as good as the surnames of the customs; and they said that Zhaozhou's Dharma name Quanshen was only the book of Jing and Yun. The Japanese Zhuqiaozhe wrote the "Dictionary of the Han Dynasty" in the second time, believing that the monk Zhaozhou was the son of the Linzi He clan of Qingzhou. He listed Caozhou He County as a "Record of the Secret Classic Suspected Years" by Chen Yuan, and referred to Zhaozhou as "Qingzhou Linzi Hao Family", which is based on the records of "Biography of the Great Monks of Song Dynasty".
Zhaozhou Vocabulary Record No. 226: "Question: 'Who is the monk inherited? ’The master said: ‘Congshen. ’”The 431st article: “Question: ‘What is the main master of Zhaozhou? ’The master said: ‘The old monk is Conshen. ’” This is the only material that can be seen in the name of the monk Zhaozhou. The "Works" states that the common surname is Hao, and is from Haoxiang, Caozhou, and his name is Congshen. The same is true for "Jingde Lu". Later, the "Zuan Courtyard Affairs Garden" compiled by Song Mu'an Shanqing, Volume 7, "Eight-Land Pearl and Jade Collection·Zhaozhou", Volume 6, "Zhaozhou Guanyin Congshen Zen Master", Volume 4, "Zhaozhou Congshen Zen Master", and Shao Tan, in the second year of Baoyou of Song Lizong (1254), Volume 1, "Zhaozhou Zhen" Volume 1, "Five Family Authentic Praises" Volume 1, "Zhaozhou Zhen" Zen Master Ji, Volume 3 of "Shishi's Records" Volume 3 [Zhaozong of Tang] Dingsi and Qianning Fourth Year", local chronicles such as "[Longqing] Zhaozhou Chronicles" compiled by Cai Maozhao of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 10 "Miscellaneous Examinations and Collections", Volume 182 "Caozhou Prefecture·Immortal Interpretation", Volume 300 "Immortal Interpretation", Volume 160 "Immortal Interpretation·Tang", and Modern works such as Yin Shun's "History of Zen in China", and Monk Ming's "Dictionary of Names of Chinese Buddhists" are compiled by monks, all of which hold this view. Caozhou, the territory of the Tang Dynasty, is equivalent to that of Heze, Cao County, Shandong, and other places. Its capital is located in the northwest of Cao County, Shandong Province. Zhaozhou Congshen Zen Master, the Dharma heir of Zen Master Nanquan Puyuan, has a secular surname, and is from Haoxiang, Caozhou. When Zen Master Zhaozhou was young, he was lonely and disgusted with the joy of the world. He left his relatives after a little bit of growth and became a monk from Hutong courtyard in our province. Later, I heard that Zen Master Puyuan, Nanquan, Chizhou, Daohua Rilong, although Zen Master Zhaozhou did not take the precepts, he went to attend the ceremony as a novice . The first time I went to Nanquan, I happened to see Zen Master Nanquan resting in his room. As soon as Master Nanquan saw Master Zhaozhou, he asked, "Where is it near?" Zhen Master Zhaozhou said, "Ruixiangyuan." Zhen Master Nanquan asked again, "Do you still see the Ruixiang?" Zhen Master Zhaozhou said, "I don't see the Ruixiang, I only see the Tathagata." Nanquan When the Zen master heard this, he turned over and sat up and asked, "Do you have a master novices, but novices?" Zhen Master Zhaozhou said, "There is a master novices." Zhen Master Nanquan said, "Who is your master?" Zhen Master Zhaozhou walked up and bowed to ask, "The cold winter is severe, I am the monk who is honored to see all kinds of blessings." South Zen Master Quan knew that Zen Master Zhaozhou was a rare magic weapon, so he accepted him as his disciple and asked the Vinaya monk to arrange "This novice monk elsewhere." One day, Zen Master Zhaozhou entered the room and asked Zen Master Nanquan: "What is the Tao?" The Zen Master Nanquan said: "The normal mind is the Tao." The Zen Master Zhaozhou said: "Is it still fun to be indifferent?" Zen Master Nanquan said, "If you want to go, you will be deviant." Zen Master Zhaozhou said, "If you don't want to fight for it, you will know that it is the way?" Zen Master Nanquan said, "The way is not known, it is not ignorant. Knowing is false awareness, not knowing it is ignorant. If you truly understand the way of undoubtedness, it is like being too empty, and you are scattered and unreliable, how can you force right and wrong?" Zen Master Zhaozhou suddenly realized. So he went to Songyue Liuliu Altar to receive the full precepts, and then returned to Zen Master Nanquan again. While in Nanquan, Zen Master Zhaozhou was tireless and his Taoist career made rapid progress. Zen Master Zhaozhou and Zen Master Nanquan often responded to harmony with each other and had a great time. Here are several cases, which are for readers to appreciate - 1. The teacher (Zhaozhou) made a stove in Nanquan, and the public asked to choose vegetables. The master shouted in the hall, "Put the fire! Put the fire!" The crowd arrived in front of the monk's hall, and the monk's hall was closed, and the crowd was in no way. Quan threw away the key, entered the hall through the window, and the master opened the door. 2. The master fetched water on the Nanquan Well. When he saw Nanquan passing by, he hugged the pillar and hung his feet, saying, "Save each other! Save each other!" Nanquan went up the escalator and said, "One, two, three, four, five." But when the master went to thank him, saying, "I'm here to thank the monk for help!" 3. Nanquan was fighting for Maoer in the east and west halls. When Quan came to the hall, he raised Maoer and said, "If you know the Tao, you will not behead him, and if you don't know the Tao, you will behead him." The public said that they did not agree with the intention of Quan, and then they would behead him. In the evening, the teacher returned from outside and asked about the news. Quan Nai said before, saying, "How can you save the cat?" The teacher then put a shoe on his head and went out. Quan Yun: "If the son is here, he will save the cat." 4. The master asked Nanquan, "I don't ask if it's strange, what's the type?" Quan held the ground with both hands, and the master stepped down, but returned to the Nirvana Hall, saying, "Repent! Repent!" Quan heard that, and asked, "What do you regret?" The master said, "I don't regret it again and step on two steps!" After the Zen Master Zhaozhou received the precepts, he heard that his orphan lived in the Caozhou Guarding Courtyard, so he set out for a trip. After arriving at the National Guarding Court, his orphan secretly told the news of Zhaozhou returning to his hometown the Hao family . When the people from the Hao family heard this, they were very happy and just waited to come a few days ago to visit Zen Master Zhaozhou. After hearing about this, Zen Master Zhaozhou sighed, "The worldly love network has no time left. Since he has quit his monk, he doesn't want to see him again." So Xingye left Caozhou in dress. After leaving Nanquan, Zen Master Zhaozhou began his long life in the world. His footprints spread across the north and south, and he had smart contacts with many Zen masters. He once said to himself: "If a seven-year-old child is better than me, I will ask you; if a centenarian is not as good as me, I will teach you." Zhaozhou Zen Master came to Guanyin Academy in Zhaozhou, Hebei Province (now Berlin Zen Temple ) and stayed in Tsinghua for 40 years. In the process of attracting believers, Zen Master Zhaozhou left many meaningful cases for future generations. These cases are still relatively well preserved in the "Quotes of Zen Master Zhaozhou". The more famous cases are: 1. Zhenzhou Radish - Ask: "Did the monk Chengwen see Nanquan personally?" The master said: "The head of the big radish comes from Zhenzhou." 2. A monk from Kantai Mountain in Zhaozhou - a monk visited Wutai and asked a monk, "Where is the road to Taishan?" The monk said, "Go straight away." The monk then went. The lady said, "A good teacher and monk go like this." Later, a monk raised his eyes and said, "When I go and check it." Tomorrow, the lady went to ask, "Where is the road behind the mountain?" The lady said, "Go straight." The lady then left. The lady said, "A good teacher and monk are gone like this." The master returned to the courtyard and said to the monk, "The Taishan woman has discovered it for you." 3. Cypress tree in front of the courtyard - asked, "What is the intention of the ancestor coming from the west?" The master said, "The cypress tree in front of the courtyard." He said, "Don't show the monk the environment to others?" The master said, "I will not show the environment to others." He said, "What is the intention of the ancestor coming from the west?" The master said, "The cypress tree in front of the courtyard." 4. The teacher said, "I have eaten porridge?" and said, "I have eaten porridge." The master said, "I have eaten porridge." The master said, "I have eaten porridge." The master said, "I have left the porridge." The monk suddenly realized. 5. Zhaozhou Bridge ---Question: "I have been to Zhaozhou stone bridge for a long time, but I am only in a bad mood when I arrive." The master said, "You only see the stone bridge, but you don't see the stone bridge." He said, "What is the stone bridge?" The master said, "Save a donkey and a horse." 6. The dog has no Buddha nature - ask: "The dog has no Buddha nature?" The master said: "No." He said: "From all Buddhas and ants, they all have Buddha nature. Why is the dog without?" The master said: "For her, she has karma consciousness." 7. Go to eat tea - the master asked the new arrival, "Have you ever been here?" He said, "Have you ever arrived, "The master said, "Go to eat tea." He asked the monk again, and the monk said, "I haven't been there." The master said, "Go to eat tea." The master asked, "Why did I say I've ever come to eat tea, but I've never come to eat tea?" The master summoned the master of the courtyard and said, "I've never come to eat tea." The master said, "Go to eat tea." 8. Two dragons compete for the pearls--asked: "Who is the one who wins the pearls?" The master said: "Old monk just watch." 9. Qingzhou cloth shirt weighs seven kilograms - Question: "All things return to one, where does one return?" The master said: "The old monk made a cloth shirt in Qingzhou , which weighs seven kilograms." 10. The old monk ordered the twelve hours - asked: "How to use your heart in the twelve hours?" The master said: "You are sent by the twelve hours, and the old monk ordered the twelve hours." Then he said: "Brothers, don't stand for a long time, discuss things, and sit down under the robe and bowl without any matter. When the old monk walked, he was a miscellaneous place for porridge and rice, and there was no other place for the heart. If this was not the case, it was far away." 11. The lower part bite - the teacher asked , Zhao Wang , "How many teeth are there in Master Nian?" The teacher said, "There is only one." The king said, "How to eat?" The master said, "Although one, I will bite." 12. Where there is a Buddha, you can't stop, and where there is no Buddha, you can walk by quickly. The monk said, "Where are you going?" He said, "Where are you going to learn Buddhism?" The master raised his whisk and said, "Where can't stop, where there is a Buddha, you can't stop, and where there is no Buddha. Three thousand miles away, you can't go wrong when you meet someone." He said, "If you don't stop, you can't go." The master said, "Pick the flowers and pick the willow flowers." In addition to the above cases, the Zen Master Zhaozhou also has several other French words in the upper hall, which are also very exciting-- The upper hall: "It's like a pearl in his palm, and the Hu appears from the Hu, and the Han and Han appear from the Han. The old monk used a grass as a golden body, and used a golden body as a grass. Buddha is affliction, and affliction is a Buddha.” Golden Buddha does not save the furnace, wood Buddha does not save the fire, mud Buddha does not save the water. True Buddha sits inside. Bodhi Nirvana, the true Buddha nature, is all about body-holding clothes, also called afflictions. What is actually the place. If one mind does not arise, all things will be without any blame. You just need to study the truth and sit and watch for thirty or twenty years. If you don’t know, you will intercept the old monk’s head. The dream is empty and the flowers are captured in vain. If the mind is not different, all things will be the same. Neither get it from outside, nor are you more obsessed with it? Like a sheep, picking things up in your mouth. The old monk saw the monk Yaoshan and said, "Someone asked, but I will teach you to take the dog's mouth." ’The old monk also taught him to take the dog's mouth together. Taking me is dirty, not taking me is clean. It's like a hunting dog is dedicated to getting something to eat. Where is Buddhism? Thousands of people are looking for Buddha, and there is no Taoist in it. If you are disciples with King Kong, it is the most difficult to cure your heart disease. There was no world, and this nature had long been there. When the world is bad, this nature is not bad. After meeting the old monk, he was not someone else, but just a protagonist. Is this more searching for it? At this moment, don't change your mind. If you turn your head and change your mind, you will lose it. " Zhen Master Zhaozhou's life was extremely difficult during his stay in the Guanyin Academy in Zhaozhou. His "Twelve Times Songs" is a true portrayal of this "village monk". It was not until two years before his death that Zen Master Zhaozhou received the offerings of the two kings of Yanzhao . Now, the "Twelve Times Songs" of Zen Master Zhaozhou are recorded next to it to inspire future generations of Zen people to deeply miss this old Zen master- "The rooster crows ugly, and it is still funny when you see it (willing and hesitating). There is no skirt or robe, and there is a little shape. The trousers (kun, pants) have no waist, no mouth, and three or five dou of blue and gray on the head. If you want to practice (only hope) to benefit others, but who knows that you will become unlucky (not smart or powerful, and you will be regarded as a fool). There is a long and dark village, and it is really hard to discuss. The rice with rice with rice without any grains, and the windows and gaps are empty. Only the birds are noisy, don’t be close to others, and you hear the fallen leaves frequently when you sit alone. Who says that he has lost love when he becomes a monk? He doesn’t feel tears in his tears. Sunrise prints, but it is pure but turns into trouble. The merits of action are buried in dust, and the infinite fields have not been swept away. He has many eyebrows and few compliments, and is ulterior motives (haha) the old man in the East Village. Profits are never obtained, so I put the donkey in my hall. When you eat, fireworks look at the neighbors in vain. The steamed bun (chasing) son has parted two years ago, and today I think about emptying my body. If you have few thoughts and sigh frequently, there will be no good people in a hundred families. The visitor only asked for tea to eat, but he couldn't eat tea again. Yuzhong, who knew that this was the case with her hair. He was asked to be a village monk for no reason, and was humiliated and hungry and wanted to die. Hu Zhangsan and Li Si were respectfully never gave birth to any children. When I came here, I suddenly arrived at the door and only said that I would borrow tea and paper. rd, the tea and meal wheel is still unrestricted (no landing). When I went to the south family and went to the north family, I did not give up the bill (rejection). Bitter sand salt (coarse salt), barley vinegar, millet and rice lettuce. Only by saying that offering is not easy, monks must have a strong heart. The day has not yet come, and (this) will not be overwhelmed. I once heard that I had a full and forgot about hunger, but today I am the old monk. If you don’t practice Zen, you don’t care about the meaning, just lay a broken mat and sleep on a day. I thought that the Tushita Heaven above was not as good as this sun. When I feed, there are also burning incense to worship people. Five wives and three goiters, one pair (the other two) have dark faces. Yama tea is really a treasure, and Vajra does not need to be bitter to open the tendons. May my silkworms and wheat be ripe in the coming year, and Rahula and a essay. The sun enters the Youth Festival, and there is no need to guard against desolation. The clouds and water flow (extraordinary monks who practice cultivation) have no (actually no), and the towns of Li Temple (mediocre monks who travel around the mountains and rivers) often have (often). If you make a motto, you will be in vain to continue the descendants of Muni. A stick with thick and thorny quinoa not only climbs a mountain but also beats dogs. At dusk, I sat alone in an empty dark room. The sun is never seen (the sun is not seen during the day, and the light is not seen at night), and the golden state paint is purely painted (black). I don’t hear the clock, and I’m wasting my life, but I only hear the rats chirping. Why do you have to be more in a mood and think about the paramita? A man is determined to be a slaughter, and who loves the bright moon in front of the door? When you lie in the middle of worry, don't put on your clothes. Liu Weina and Zhao Wujie said it was strange that they were good at speaking. No matter how empty your monk's bags are, Du Yuan will never know what to do when you ask (ignoring it). In the middle of the night, how could the mood be temporarily stopped. Think about how many monks in the world can have like me. The earthen bed, broken reeds, and the old elm pillows have no quilts. The statue does not burn the incense of benign, and only cow dung is smelled in the ashes. ” Zhaozhou Zen Master, whose Dharma name is Congshen, is from Linzi, Shandong, and is born in Caozhou. He became a Zen master. He became a monk at Hutongyuan when he was young. He obtained the Dharma from Zen Master Puyuan, the fourth generation descendant after Master Huineng. He has spread the Dharma for 40 years and has been admired by monks and laymen. He is a model of the jungle and is known as the "Ancient Buddha of Zhaozhou". The eleventh year of Dazhong in the Tang Dynasty (857), the 80-year-old Zen Master Congshen walked to Zhaozhou. The believers urged to stay in Guanyin Academy. He has achieved a deep abyss and is old and virtuous. He is famous in the north and south Zen forests and is known as "There is snow peak in the south and Zhaozhou in the north". "Zhaozhou's vision is shining in the world." Information on the lifelong deeds of monk Zhaozhou was the first to be written in the "Zhaotang Collection" Volume 10, "Zhaozhou Monk" written in the 10th year of Baoda (952) of the Southern Tang ; the most detailed one is the "Zhaozhou Monk" described in the 10th year of Baoda Huitong in Luoyang East Court (referred to as "Zhaozhou Zen Master"). Later, the "Biography of the Great Monk of Song Dynasty" (written in the 10th year of Duangong (written in the 988th year of Duangong), "Zhaozhou East Court of Congshen Biography" and "Jingde Chuan Lanlu" (written in the 10th year of Jingde in the 10th year of Jingde in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (written in the 10th year of Baoda (
Zhaozhou Vocabulary Record No. 226: "Question: 'Who is the monk inherited? ’The master said: ‘Congshen. ’”The 431st article: “Question: ‘What is the main master of Zhaozhou? ’The master said: ‘The old monk is Conshen. ’” This is the only material that can be seen in the name of the monk Zhaozhou. The "Works" states that the common surname is Hao, and is from Haoxiang, Caozhou, and his name is Congshen. The same is true for "Jingde Lu". Later, the "Zuan Courtyard Affairs Garden" compiled by Song Mu'an Shanqing, Volume 7, "Eight-Land Pearl and Jade Collection·Zhaozhou", Volume 6, "Zhaozhou Guanyin Congshen Zen Master", Volume 4, "Zhaozhou Congshen Zen Master", and Shao Tan, in the second year of Baoyou of Song Lizong (1254), Volume 1, "Zhaozhou Zhen" Volume 1, "Five Family Authentic Praises" Volume 1, "Zhaozhou Zhen" Zen Master Ji, Volume 3 of "Shishi's Records" Volume 3 [Zhaozong of Tang] Dingsi and Qianning Fourth Year", local chronicles such as "[Longqing] Zhaozhou Chronicles" compiled by Cai Maozhao of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 10 "Miscellaneous Examinations and Collections", Volume 182 "Caozhou Prefecture·Immortal Interpretation", Volume 300 "Immortal Interpretation", Volume 160 "Immortal Interpretation·Tang", and Modern works such as Yin Shun's "History of Zen in China", and Monk Ming's "Dictionary of Names of Chinese Buddhists" are compiled by monks, all of which hold this view. Caozhou, the territory of the Tang Dynasty, is equivalent to that of Heze, Cao County, Shandong, and other places. Its capital is located in the northwest of Cao County, Shandong Province.It should be pointed out that the "Jiaqing Repair of the Unification Chronicle" states that the name of Congsui in Zhaozhou is not based on the name of Congsui; the "Siku Quanshu Biography Material Index" is mistakenly recorded as "Congsui".
Zhaozhou monk's name Quanshen is still a little different, but it can be understood. "Shuowen Jiezi·Yanbu": "Shen means deep advice." Duan Yujukui note: "Shen means deep advice, what people cannot say." Full Shen means correct knowledge and full advice. If you are a follower, it means accepting advice. As for his original origins in Qingzhou or Caozhou, there are also documents that support it, and later generations cannot, nor can they use it.
All whereabouts after receiving the Dharma from Nanquan, the "Zutang Collection" only summarizes: "I am willing to follow the circumstances, laughing and proudly living, holding treasures and walking around the smoke and water." The "Works" are a little detailed, saying that after receiving the precepts, I heard that the master of the receiving work was living in the Guardian Court west of Caozhou, and then returned to the court to pay homage. The master of the practitioner is the "master" mentioned before in the "Actual Statement", which is the master who was shaved when he was first followed. I have returned to Caozhou from Nanquan, and I must have visited some monks in the temple along the way. After arriving at the National Guarding Court, our teacher told the Hao family the news. His parents were very happy and prepared to visit them together on the "coming day". Zhaozhou said at this time: "The world love network has no time left. I have resigned to become a monk and I don't want to see you again." That night, I put on my clothes and avoided it. According to the records of "The Year of Childhood in the Year of the High Monk in Song Dynasty" in "The Year of Childhood... The bond between the two relatives of Yue are transcendent and separated from the common people" in "The Biography of the Great Monk", it is reasonable that he is unwilling to have any relationship with his parents in the secular world after becoming a monk.
Leave your hometown again, Zhaozhou takes his own bottle of tin and travels through various places. He often said to himself: "If a child of seven years old is better than me, I will ask him. If a century-old man is not as good as me, I will teach him." The "Actual Statement" shows the heroic style of seeking truth and ignoring the qualifications of seniority. Although, this kind of spirit looks a bit arrogant and unclear about the "worldly principles".
"Jingdelu" records that after Zhaozhou left Nanquan, he traveled to Huangbo, Baoshou, Yanguan , Jiashan, Wutaishan , and recorded his transformation words.
is derived from the three volumes of "Quotes of Monk Zhaozhou" recorded by a disciple Wen Yuan of Zhaozhou. The traces of monk Zhaozhou when he was walking in the French collection also reveal the traces of monk Zhaozhou when he was walking. In addition to the 458th chapter, it is also recorded in Wutai Mountain, and the 510th chapter, it also records that he tasted Baoshou, the 11th chapter, Zhaozhou said that "the old monk went to Weishan"; Weishan Lingyou, inherited a hundred feet, lived in , Tanzhou . The 204th chapter is called "the master arrives at Daowu Mountain"; Zen Master Yuanzhi, a Zen Master from Daowu Mountain in Tanzhou, inherits Yaoshan, and lives in Liuyang County, Hunan. In the 434th chapter, Zhaozhou said that he had "first arrived in Yaoshan" and "get a sentence"; Yaoshan was only Yan, inherited Shitou, and lived in Langzhou. Chapter 456: Go to Yunju; Yunju Daoying, Sidong Mountain, live in Hongzhou . The 456th and 457th are said to remove the dogwood; the monk Zhuyushan also inherited Nanquan and lived in Ezhou . The 485th chapter is a question and answer with Linji ; the Xuan of Linji, Huangbo, lived in Zhenzhou. Page 486 and 487, because of the admiration of Hanshan and ShiTu, he visited Tiantai Mountain, Zhejiang. The 494th chapter is to walk to Daci; the Zen Master Daci Huanzhong inherited Baizhang and lived in Daci Mountain in northern Zhejiang, and the 495th chapter was to receive teachings from Baizhang; Baizhang Huaihai , inherited Mazu , and was in Jiangnan West Road . The 496th chapter is that you have to eat steamed cakes for your son; the 49th chapter is that you can eat Datong, and the 49th chapter is that you can live in Tongcheng County, Shuzhou. For the 509th, refer to Tongguan .
Volume 5 of "Zutang Collection" "Monkey King Shu", the monk Weiyan of Yaoshan, asked Zhaozhou to answer questions and answer "What is the body of Prajna?" Volume 18 "Zhaozhou Monk", the three peaks indicate where Zhaozhou should live; these three peaks, or the monk Sanfeng Mountain Daoshu, are the direct descendants of the Northern Sect Shenxiu, and live in Shouchun .
Comprehensive records, when the monk Zhaozhou traveled around the world, he had at least today's six provinces: Hebei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang and Anhui. What is more noteworthy is that the teachers and friends he visited not only included the Qingyuan and Nanyue groups of the "Ergan Lumen" under Huineng, but also included the footsteps of the Shenxiu of the Northern Sect. In order to escape from love and seek Dharma to achieve enlightenment, he only recognized the highest and lowest levels of Zen, but did not care about the level of seniority, and even Sun Zhi. This is really not easy in Zen Buddhism, which emphasizes inheritance and inheritance. Of course, all the above mentioned monks were famous. During the process of walking, Zhaozhou must have come to more unknown Xiao Temples in the past and had contacted more unknown monks.For example, the 488th record of the treasury master who was recorded, and the 490th record of the treasury house, which is all the same; the 12th quote also says, "The old monk met more than 80 good teachers under Master Mazu ninety years ago, all of them were writers." There were more than 80 subordinates under Mazu alone!
Mr. Liu Tian said that Zhaozhou's experience was almost unknown when he was young, so he could only roughly say that he practiced in Jiangnan in his early years. From the above analysis, we can see that Zhaozhou's whereabouts can be highlighted in existing literature.
It was in the process of extensive experience between the north and the south that the monk Zhaozhou spent the most important youth in his life, bursting out a large number of timeless and wonderful French. When these French were born, they spread and became popular with the flow of Zen monks.
When did Zhaozhou visit to settle down in a place? "Collection of Ancestral Hall" and "Biography of the Great Monk of Song" are not mentioned. "The Book of Changes" says, "I am at the age of eighty, and I live in the Guanyin Courtyard of Zhaozhou in the east." "Jingde Lu" also says that after visiting Mount Wutai, "the teacher has been transformed from this place to the north, and the people are invited to live in the Guanyin of Zhaozhou"; "The Book of Zhuyu in the Ancestral Courtyard" Volume 7 "Eight-Terms Pearl and Jade Collection·Zhaozhou" seems to be more reasonable: "I traveled late at the He and Shuo, and was invited by the Tanyue , and sang Guanyin in Zhaozhou." According to various signs, it should be that after traveling to the various branches of Huineng in the south, I visited Linji and Baoshou and went to Mount Wutai, and then I was invited by the public to stay in the Guanyin Courtyard. Mr. Liutian believed that Zhaozhou was only brought back to Zhaozhou near his hometown by the leaders of Yan and Zhao. I'm afraid it's inaccurate. Because the kings of Yan and Zhao Fan came to visit their residence after the Zhaozhou monk returned to the north decades.
"Jiatai Pu Lamp Record" Volume Seven "Nanyue thirteenth generation·Zen Master Huanglong Yuansu Fasi·Yuanzhou Yangshan Qingjian": "The monk asked: 'Jiyun Peak is not clear, so please give the master four vines.' said: 'The foot of Zhaozhou eighty directions.' said: 'You should not know the time?' said: 'You can stop when you walk to Nanquan.'" For this kind of nonsense, Japan's Aojiao Daozhong "Zen Forest Elephant Artifacts" Volume 12 of "Zen Forest Elephant Artifacts" Volume 12 of "Jin Forest Elephant Artifacts" Volume 12 of "Jin Forest Elephant Artifacts" Volume 19 of "Jin Forest" by Japan "Refer to the Class • Xingjie" describes the beginning and end of Zhaozhou's footwork according to the "Zheng" and once refuted it, saying: "From the time I was walking in my prime, to the time I was in the early age of 80, this is called 'Zhaozhou'. It is not true that people who walk in my prime and walk in my prime.
Although people generally believe that Zhaozhou is fixed in one place in eighty directions, the 12th quotation says that "the old monk met more than 80 good teachers under Master Mazu ninety years ago", it seems that he was still wandering outside before he was ninety years old.
Zhaozhou Quotation No. 456: "The master came to Yunju. Yunju said: 'Old and Big, why not find a place to live?' The master said: 'Where can you live?' Yunju said: 'There is an ancient temple foundation in front of you.' The master said: 'Why not, the monk will live by himself.' The master went to Zhuyu again. Zhuyu said: 'Old and Big, why not find a place to live?' The master said: 'What place to live?' The master said: 'Old and Big, Big, why not find a place to live?' The master said: 'Old and Big, Big, don't you know where to live?' The master said: 'Thirty years of working on a cavalry, but today I was beaten by a donkey.'..." Why did Zhaozhou still wander in the world when he was old? Maybe it's because I can't get reused under the Nanquan Gate, maybe it's because I'm looking for a suitable place to stop my feet in the south, maybe... I'm still visiting everywhere, and the sadness in my heart must be hard to describe. However, God has suffered his heart and mind, exhausted his muscles and bones, and hungry his body and skin, so that he can't help but shock his heart, persevere and hurt his nature, and increase his ability.
There is another case like this:
A lay Buddhist asked Zen Master Congshen: Buddha do you have any worries?
Zen Master: Yes.
Layman: Buddha is a liberation person, how can he have troubles?
Zen Master: Because you have not yet been liberated. Therefore, the Buddha will still have troubles.
lay Buddhist: Then he is a liberation person. If he is liberated, will the Buddha still have troubles?
Zen Master: Yes. Because there are still all sentient beings who are not liberated.
Layman: There are endless sentient beings, so won’t the Buddha always survive in troubles?
Zen Master: Troubles are Bodhi, and the Buddha has surpassed it, so he has no worries.
layman: You said that the Buddha has always had troubles. Since sentient beings have not saved them all, they will never be saved. So how could the Buddha have no troubles?
Zen Master: The troubles in the Buddha's own nature have been eliminated.
Although Zen Master is famous for the four Buddhas and has the offerings and protection of the two kings of Yan and Zhao, his life is very simple and poor. He "breaks one leg of the rope bed and ties it with a rope to burn the firewood." He often had "no waist, no mouth, no blue gray on his head. He had a dirt bed, a broken reed mat, and no quilt on his old elm pillow." It is in this difficult living environment that Zen masters spread the heart seal of the ancestors and guide scholars from all directions. The popular cases such as "eating tea", "washing the bowl", "cine tree in front of the courtyard", and "dogs have no Buddha nature" not only enlightened many Zen monks at that time, but also passed down to later generations and remained fresh for a long time.
Zen Master Zhaozhou passed away on the second day of November in the fourth year of Qianning in the Tang Dynasty (897). He was 120 years old. After his death, a pagoda was built in the temple to worship robes and relics, and was posthumously named "Zen Master Zhenji".
Starting from , the Song Dynasty , the popular Zen in China was the Zen sect with the convenience of " to talk about ". The quotations of Zen Master Zhaozhou are the most frequently studied by people, and many people are inspired by the quotations of Zhaozhou. Among them, "Dog has no Buddha nature" is more concise and "no gate", becoming a major general manager of Zen. It is still the most popular case in China, Japan, Europe and the United States today. In the Yuan and Ming dynasties, ancient Buddhist temples and Daci Halls were built successively to worship Zen Master Zhenji's stone carvings. The existing Zhaozhou Pagoda in the temple was built in the third year of Tianli in Yuan Dynasty (1330). It is called "The Tower of the Master of the Zhenjiguang of the Ancient Buddha of Zhaozhou, special gift to the Great Yuan Dynasty". It is 33 meters high and has seven floors. From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Gao Jiaren donated money to rebuild it, making the ancient pagoda look brand new.
For example, the 488th record of the treasury master who was recorded, and the 490th record of the treasury house, which is all the same; the 12th quote also says, "The old monk met more than 80 good teachers under Master Mazu ninety years ago, all of them were writers." There were more than 80 subordinates under Mazu alone!
Mr. Liu Tian said that Zhaozhou's experience was almost unknown when he was young, so he could only roughly say that he practiced in Jiangnan in his early years. From the above analysis, we can see that Zhaozhou's whereabouts can be highlighted in existing literature.
It was in the process of extensive experience between the north and the south that the monk Zhaozhou spent the most important youth in his life, bursting out a large number of timeless and wonderful French. When these French were born, they spread and became popular with the flow of Zen monks.
When did Zhaozhou visit to settle down in a place? "Collection of Ancestral Hall" and "Biography of the Great Monk of Song" are not mentioned. "The Book of Changes" says, "I am at the age of eighty, and I live in the Guanyin Courtyard of Zhaozhou in the east." "Jingde Lu" also says that after visiting Mount Wutai, "the teacher has been transformed from this place to the north, and the people are invited to live in the Guanyin of Zhaozhou"; "The Book of Zhuyu in the Ancestral Courtyard" Volume 7 "Eight-Terms Pearl and Jade Collection·Zhaozhou" seems to be more reasonable: "I traveled late at the He and Shuo, and was invited by the Tanyue , and sang Guanyin in Zhaozhou." According to various signs, it should be that after traveling to the various branches of Huineng in the south, I visited Linji and Baoshou and went to Mount Wutai, and then I was invited by the public to stay in the Guanyin Courtyard. Mr. Liutian believed that Zhaozhou was only brought back to Zhaozhou near his hometown by the leaders of Yan and Zhao. I'm afraid it's inaccurate. Because the kings of Yan and Zhao Fan came to visit their residence after the Zhaozhou monk returned to the north decades.
"Jiatai Pu Lamp Record" Volume Seven "Nanyue thirteenth generation·Zen Master Huanglong Yuansu Fasi·Yuanzhou Yangshan Qingjian": "The monk asked: 'Jiyun Peak is not clear, so please give the master four vines.' said: 'The foot of Zhaozhou eighty directions.' said: 'You should not know the time?' said: 'You can stop when you walk to Nanquan.'" For this kind of nonsense, Japan's Aojiao Daozhong "Zen Forest Elephant Artifacts" Volume 12 of "Zen Forest Elephant Artifacts" Volume 12 of "Jin Forest Elephant Artifacts" Volume 12 of "Jin Forest Elephant Artifacts" Volume 19 of "Jin Forest" by Japan "Refer to the Class • Xingjie" describes the beginning and end of Zhaozhou's footwork according to the "Zheng" and once refuted it, saying: "From the time I was walking in my prime, to the time I was in the early age of 80, this is called 'Zhaozhou'. It is not true that people who walk in my prime and walk in my prime.
Although people generally believe that Zhaozhou is fixed in one place in eighty directions, the 12th quotation says that "the old monk met more than 80 good teachers under Master Mazu ninety years ago", it seems that he was still wandering outside before he was ninety years old.
Zhaozhou Quotation No. 456: "The master came to Yunju. Yunju said: 'Old and Big, why not find a place to live?' The master said: 'Where can you live?' Yunju said: 'There is an ancient temple foundation in front of you.' The master said: 'Why not, the monk will live by himself.' The master went to Zhuyu again. Zhuyu said: 'Old and Big, why not find a place to live?' The master said: 'What place to live?' The master said: 'Old and Big, Big, why not find a place to live?' The master said: 'Old and Big, Big, don't you know where to live?' The master said: 'Thirty years of working on a cavalry, but today I was beaten by a donkey.'..." Why did Zhaozhou still wander in the world when he was old? Maybe it's because I can't get reused under the Nanquan Gate, maybe it's because I'm looking for a suitable place to stop my feet in the south, maybe... I'm still visiting everywhere, and the sadness in my heart must be hard to describe. However, God has suffered his heart and mind, exhausted his muscles and bones, and hungry his body and skin, so that he can't help but shock his heart, persevere and hurt his nature, and increase his ability.
There is another case like this:
A lay Buddhist asked Zen Master Congshen: Buddha do you have any worries?
Zen Master: Yes.
Layman: Buddha is a liberation person, how can he have troubles?
Zen Master: Because you have not yet been liberated. Therefore, the Buddha will still have troubles.
lay Buddhist: Then he is a liberation person. If he is liberated, will the Buddha still have troubles?
Zen Master: Yes. Because there are still all sentient beings who are not liberated.
Layman: There are endless sentient beings, so won’t the Buddha always survive in troubles?
Zen Master: Troubles are Bodhi, and the Buddha has surpassed it, so he has no worries.
layman: You said that the Buddha has always had troubles. Since sentient beings have not saved them all, they will never be saved. So how could the Buddha have no troubles?
Zen Master: The troubles in the Buddha's own nature have been eliminated.
Although Zen Master is famous for the four Buddhas and has the offerings and protection of the two kings of Yan and Zhao, his life is very simple and poor. He "breaks one leg of the rope bed and ties it with a rope to burn the firewood." He often had "no waist, no mouth, no blue gray on his head. He had a dirt bed, a broken reed mat, and no quilt on his old elm pillow." It is in this difficult living environment that Zen masters spread the heart seal of the ancestors and guide scholars from all directions. The popular cases such as "eating tea", "washing the bowl", "cine tree in front of the courtyard", and "dogs have no Buddha nature" not only enlightened many Zen monks at that time, but also passed down to later generations and remained fresh for a long time.
Zen Master Zhaozhou passed away on the second day of November in the fourth year of Qianning in the Tang Dynasty (897). He was 120 years old. After his death, a pagoda was built in the temple to worship robes and relics, and was posthumously named "Zen Master Zhenji".
Starting from , the Song Dynasty , the popular Zen in China was the Zen sect with the convenience of " to talk about ". The quotations of Zen Master Zhaozhou are the most frequently studied by people, and many people are inspired by the quotations of Zhaozhou. Among them, "Dog has no Buddha nature" is more concise and "no gate", becoming a major general manager of Zen. It is still the most popular case in China, Japan, Europe and the United States today. In the Yuan and Ming dynasties, ancient Buddhist temples and Daci Halls were built successively to worship Zen Master Zhenji's stone carvings. The existing Zhaozhou Pagoda in the temple was built in the third year of Tianli in Yuan Dynasty (1330). It is called "The Tower of the Master of the Zhenjiguang of the Ancient Buddha of Zhaozhou, special gift to the Great Yuan Dynasty". It is 33 meters high and has seven floors. From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Gao Jiaren donated money to rebuild it, making the ancient pagoda look brand new.
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