It is better to choose an official than to choose a Buddha, and to gather wealth is worse than to gather virtue. Don't be a companion of all dharma, just act like Vimalakirti of the East. Harmony between heaven and earth, comfort for daily use, and no loss of interpretation. Jian

It is better to choose a Buddha than to choose an official, and it is better to gather virtue than to gather wealth.

Don’t be a companion to all dharma, just act like Vimalakirti of the East.

harmonizes heaven and earth, provides comfort for daily use, and does not fail to explain itself.

The hands and eyes of the whole body are open, and the water of Xijiang is sucked in one gulp; the Zen of farming and farming, the freedom is born in the alleys and houses.

Zhenye Suye, I am willing to live wherever I want, abandoning wealth and honor like floating clouds.

The shabby house is full of joy, and everyone is so happy that they are Zen-like. When you comb a piece of hair, you are free and easy, and the world is amazed.

The present is the present, everything is just ready-made perfection.

One day, I will bid farewell to the rivers and seas, and fly away like wandering clouds and wild cranes, just like the four members of the Pang family. There are men who will not marry, and there will be women who will not marry. They are scrambling to get rid of each other and die, and they are coveted.

Pang Yun was the most famous Zen layman in the Tang era. He was called "Eastern Vimalakirti" together with Master Fu of the Liang Dynasty, and was comparable to the layman Vimalakirti at the time of Buddha. Mr. and Mrs. Pang and their two sons and daughters are a generation of Zen virtuous people who have achieved profound spiritual enlightenment. The true story of how they got along well and each of them predicted the coming time and passed away freely has become a good story in the history of Zen, which will be immortalized and inspire future generations.

Pang Jushi's family is rooted in Confucianism. They worked hard at Lumen Mountain in Xiangfan, Hubei. They used farming and Zen together, and they were very comfortable. They often made their own bamboo fences to support their lives. Although he lives simply in a humble house in the countryside, he is always kind and virtuous.

When the time for alms came and Master Pang was about to die, he asked his daughter to look at the sun morning and evening. The clever girl deliberately said that the solar eclipse was in the sky. Master Pang had doubts and went out to check the weather in person. Unexpectedly, his daughter Lingzhao immediately jumped onto her father's bed, put her hands together and died. Pang Jushi laughed and sighed at his daughter's quick wit. After seven days' delay, while talking to a friend, he actually passed away with his hands on his knees and ordered his body to be burned and abandoned in the rivers and lakes.

Pang Xingpo might not have been at home at that time. When she heard that her husband and daughter had gone back one after another, she was angry and left without avenging her. When she told her son who was hoeing in the field, her son only said "Gah!" and then died silently! Pang Xingpo lamented that her son was so foolish that she soon visited her fellow villagers and announced that she was going to live in seclusion. From then on, she disappeared without a trace, but her whereabouts were unknown.

Yiru·Mingliang

2013, 10, 6