| Bajiao Huiqing |
| Banana Tree Wisdom Pure |
| Jap., Basho Esai |
| born: c. 880 died: c. 950 place: China |
Bajiao Huiqing was a Buddhist monk
originally from Korea. He came to China and
studied with master Nanta at Mt. Yang, near
modern Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
originally from Korea. He came to China and
studied with master Nanta at Mt. Yang, near
modern Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
| Note: This is a different "Basho" than the famous Haiku poet of Japan, who lived about 700 years later. Also, this Basho is different than the well-know "Baso" (Ch., Mazu), although the Japanese names look similar. Mazu was Chinese and lived about 300 years before Bajiao Huiqing. |
Basho told how he first met with the master, Nanto. He said, "When I was twenty-eight years old, I went on a pilgrimage, and reached where Nanto was living. Ascending the rostrum, Nanto said, `All you people, if you are enlightened, you will come out of your mother's womb and roar like a lion. You know what this roaring means?'" Basho added, "Immediately my mind and body were rendered motionless, and I stopped with him for five years." Just the way he said `roaring', just the way he was, his presence, his heartbeat; and Basho lived with him for five years without a single word passing between the master and the disciple. And Basho became one of the greatest masters in his own right. He deserved it. Every man of silence, of love, of no-mind is a born master. Whether he has disciples or not does not matter. The master can be alone and yet be the master. His being a master does not depend on followers, on disciples, but on his own awareness... --Osho Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to No-Mind, ch. 6 |
| stories: Osho Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to No-mind, ch. 6 |
Chinese simplified (no change):
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
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