Fengxue Yanzhao
Jap., Fuketsu Ensho
Wind Cave Extended Pond
| born: 896 died: 973 77 years place: China |
| stories: Wumenguan, Case 24 Blue Cliff Record, Case 38, 67. Record of Silence, Case 29, 34 Osho One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green, ch. 3, ch. 4 The First Principle: talks on Zen, ch. 7 |
Fengxue is in Henan Province, China, about 50
miles south of Shaolin Temple, near the city of
Ruzhou.
All of the Linji (J., Rinzai) lineage of Zen masters
descend from Fengxue Yanzhao.
miles south of Shaolin Temple, near the city of
Ruzhou.
All of the Linji (J., Rinzai) lineage of Zen masters
descend from Fengxue Yanzhao.
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| Once, a monk asked Fuketsu, "What is the buddha?" Fuketsu replied, "The bamboo whips of Mount Jorin." Another monk then asked, "What is the buddha?" Fuketsu answered, "What is not the buddha?" A third monk said to Fuketsu, "The Western Patriarch came bringing his message; I ask you to tell me it point-blank!" At this, Fuketsu replied, "When one dog barks at nothing, a thousand monkeys really show their teeth." On another occasion a monk asked, "What is the meaning of Daruma's coming from the West?" Fuketsu said, "We know all the windings of the mountain stream, but not the mountain itself." To know the mountain you will have to become the mountain. To know Bodhidharma you will have to become a Bodhidharma. There is no other way. To know the Buddha you have to become a buddha. Being a Buddhist, you are monkeying, you are imitating. Monkeys are very great as far as imitation is concerned. All the so-called religions are full of monkeys... --Osho One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green, ch. 3 |