Huoshan Jingtong
Jap., Kakusan Kyozu
Mt. Huoshan             _____   _____
born:  c.840
died:  c. 910

place:  China
Chan master:  Yangshan (J., Kyozan)
Chan disciples:
Mt. Huoshan was another name in ancient
China for the famous Mt. Hengshan/Nanyue in
Hunan Province. It is also the name of a
mountain in modern Anhui Province.  Which
one Huoshan Jingtong was named after I don't
know.
stories:

Osho
No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 3
           oshobob  The Living Workshop                                         
                                                          Zen Masters
Once Kakusan went to see Kyozan. Raising his
foot, Kakusan said, “The twenty-eight Indian
Patriarchs were like this, and the six Patriarchs
of the Country of T’ang were like this, and you
are like this, and I am like this!”

Kyozan came down from the Zen seat and hit
him four times with the wisteria staff.


After Kakusan became enlightened, an ascetic
once said to him, “What is the true meaning of
Buddhism?”

Kakusan remained silent and bowed to him.
The ascetic asked, “Are you bowing to a man of
the world?”

Kakusan replied, “Don’t you see what I am
saying? I am your famous disciple!”


The man was an ordinary man of the world. He
could not believe that an enlightened man, a
buddha, would bow down to him. He was
surprised. He said, “Don’t you see, I am an
ordinary man of the world. Are you bowing to a
man of the world?”

Kakusan replied – what a beautiful answer –
"Don’t you see what I am saying?” And he has
not said anything. But silence is also saying
something. Bowing down is also saying
something. “ Don’t you see what I am saying? I
am your famous disciple!”

A man who is enlightened is the disciple of
everyone in the world because what you cannot
see, he can see with absolute clarity and
certainty. Where you can see only a seed, he
can see roses blossoming. Where you can at
the most feel some potential, he sees your
ultimate destiny. Where you are on the path, he
sees you have reached home...

                                             --Osho
            No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 3