Dahui Zonggao
Great Wisdom Religion Bright
Japanese: Daie Soko
| born: 1089 died: 1163 -- 74 years place: China |
| Chan master: Yuanwu (compiler and commentator of Blue Cliff Record) (J. Engo) Chan disciples: over 50 listed as enlightened. |
aka: Ta Hui (old W.G. romanization)
Dahui compiled The Treasury of the True Dharma
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He is also well known in Zen history as the Zen
master who attempted to destroy all the copies of
his master's(Yuanwu) great work, the Blue Cliff
Record, believing students were becoming too
attached to the Zen literature, and avoiding their
own experiences.
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He is also well known in Zen history as the Zen
master who attempted to destroy all the copies of
his master's(Yuanwu) great work, the Blue Cliff
Record, believing students were becoming too
attached to the Zen literature, and avoiding their
own experiences.
| Ta Hui said: The path of mindlessness is easy to seek out. So-called mindlessness is not being inert and unknowing like earth, wood, tile, or stone; it means that the mind is settled… It means that the mind is settled and imperturbable when in contact with situations and meeting circumstances; that it does not cling to anything, but is clear in all places, without hindrance or obstruction... The great Zen teacher Ta Hui comes from the same lineage as Bodhidharma. He was born four hundred years after Bodhidharma had left for the Himalayas, to disappear into the eternal ice, the eternal silence there. I have called Ta Hui the great Zen teacher-- not a master...it has to be explained to you clearly. The master is one who is enlightened, but sometimes it happens that the master may be enlightened, but is not articulate enough to give expression to what he has known. That is a totally different art. The teacher is not enlightened, but he is very articulate... --Osho The Great Zen Master Ta Hui: Reflections on the Transformation of an Intellectual to Enlightenment, ch. 1 |
| stories: Osho The Great Zen Master Ta Hui: Reflections on the Transformation of an Intellectual to Enlightenment (entire book uses Dahui's writings and letters--38 talks). Ah, This !, ch. 1 |
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