Dasui Fazhen
Mt. Dasui Dharma Truth
Jap., Daizui Hoshin
| born: 878 died: 963 85 years place: China |
| Chan master: Guishan Da'an Chan disciples: ... |
aka: "Shenzhao"
| stories: Osho No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 8, ch. 10 |
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| A monk came to see Master Daizui, and said to him, “Mount Gotai and Mount Daizui – what are they like? How is Mount Daizui?” Daizui said, “Speak louder – I’m hard of hearing.” The monk repeated the question in a loud voice. Daizui said: “It is like a thousand mountains, ten thousand mountains!” On another occasion a monk said, “One of the ancients stood in the snow and cut off his arm. What truth was he seeking?” Daizui replied, “He didn’t cut off his arm.” The monk protested, “He did cut it off! Why do you say that he didn’t?” Daizui observed, “He was enjoying being in the snow.” At another time, a monk bowed to the statue of Manjushree, in the presence of Daizui. The master lifted up his mosquito-flapper and said, “Manjushree and Samantabhadra are both contained in this.” The monk drew a circle, threw it behind him, and then stretched out his arms. Daizui told the attendant to give the monk a cup of tea. “A cup of tea” has a totally different meaning when uttered by a master. In Zen, it is again from Bodhidharma. He dwelt on a mountain which was called T’a, and he wanted to remain awake twenty-four hours, so he cut his eyebrows and threw them before the temple – it may be fiction, but it is worth mentioning. Rains came and the eyebrows started growing. Those were the first tea leaves. They are called tea leaves because they first grew on the mountain T’a. And because they are originally the eyebrows of one of the most awakened men, Bodhidharma, tea still keeps you awake. If you don’t want to sleep, a cup of tea…. When a Zen master says, “Give this man a cup of tea,” he means a cup of awareness. That is the meaning of tea in the Zen tradition... --Osho No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 8 |