Danyuan Yingzhen
Japanese: Tangen Oshin
Mt. Danyuan     Echo Truth
born:  c.750
died:  c.830

place:  China
Chan master:  Nanyang Huizhong (J., Nanyo
Echu--Chu Kokushi,)
Chan disciples:  Yangshan (J. Kyozan) early,...
Taught at Mt. Danyuan in Qizhou, China.

Danyuan's dharma name Yingzhen is also a
translation of the Buddhist word "arhat".
Yangshan was washing his clothes and Danyuan
asked him, “What should we do at this moment?”

Yangshan answered, “At this moment where shall
we look?”

Danyuan made no reply.
stories:

Osho
Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to
No-mind, ch. 8

No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 1
          oshobob  The Living Workshop                                         
                                                       Zen Masters
Before Chu Kokushi died, emperor Shukusho
asked him, "When you are a hundred years old,
what shall I do for you?"

Kokushi answered, "Make a seamless pagoda
for this old monk."

The emperor said, "I would like to ask you what
style is it to be?"

Kokushi remained silent for a while, and then he
said, "Do you understand?"

"No, I do not," said the emperor.

"I have a disciple called Tangen," said Kokushi,
"who had the dharma seal transmitted by me.
He is well versed in this matter. Ask him, please."

After Kokushi's death, the emperor sent for
Tangen and asked him about it. Tangen said,

    South of Sho and north of Tan, in
    between, gold abounds.
    The ferryboat under the shadowless tree,
    no holy one in the emerald palace you
    see.


...This silence was the answer. But only those
who are silent can understand the language of
silence. Only those whose hearts are present in
the moment can dance.

But the emperor could not understand Kokushi
and his silence...

                                                     --Osho
Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to No-
Mind, ch. 8