Baizhang Huaihai
Japanese pronunciation: Hyakujo Ekai
100 Zhang (1,000 feet) Wisdom Ocean
| born: 720 died: 814 94years place: China |
| Zen master: Mazu (J. Baso) Zen disciples: Guishan (J., Isan), Huangbo (J. Obaku), Toui (Korean Son teacher) Zen fellow monk: Nanquan (J. Nansen)... |
Baizhang Huaihai was the direct heir and most famous
disciple of Mazu. After leaving his master, he set up his
monastery at Baizhang Temple in the high mountains of
Jiangxi Province, China.
Baizhang is reputed to have started the first monastic
rules of Chan, supposedly writing a treatise on the
particulars. He is also known for having his monks all
work at the monastery, distancing the Chinese from the
Indian Buddhist tradition of begging for their livelihood--"A
day without work, is a day without food" is his well-known
dictum on this subject.
Baizhang's 1st teacher was a man named Daozhi, who
gave him the dharma name Huaihai.
disciple of Mazu. After leaving his master, he set up his
monastery at Baizhang Temple in the high mountains of
Jiangxi Province, China.
Baizhang is reputed to have started the first monastic
rules of Chan, supposedly writing a treatise on the
particulars. He is also known for having his monks all
work at the monastery, distancing the Chinese from the
Indian Buddhist tradition of begging for their livelihood--"A
day without work, is a day without food" is his well-known
dictum on this subject.
Baizhang's 1st teacher was a man named Daozhi, who
gave him the dharma name Huaihai.
| stories: Blue Cliff Record, Case 53 Osho Live Zen, ch. 4 Hyakujo: The Everest of Zen, with Haikus by Basho (entire book using stories of Baizhang) This, This, A Thousand Times This: The Very Essence of Zen, ch. 3, ch. 8, ch. 10 Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to No-mind, ch. 2, ch. 3, ch. 13 Ma Tzu: The Empty Mirror, ch. 4, ch. 5, ch. 8 Isan: No Footprints in the Blue Sky, ch. 1, ch.5 Christianity: The Deadliest Poison, and Zen: The Antidote to All Poisons, ch. 6, ch. 7 A Bird on the Wing, ch. 5 |
Chinese simplified: 百丈怀海
| aka: Pai Chang (old W.G.) |
| Korean: Paekchang Hwehae 백장회해 Vietnamese: Bach Tru'o'ng Hôai Hai |
| To understand Hyakujo, the first thing is to understand that enlightenment can only be sudden. The preparation can be gradual, but the illumination is going to be sudden. You can prepare the ground for the seeds, but the sprouts will come suddenly one day in the morning; they don't come gradually. Existence believes in suddenness. Nothing is gradual here, although everything appears to be gradual; that is our illusion... – Osho Hyakujo, The Everest of Zen – with Basho's Haikus, ch. 1 |
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