Linji Yixuan
Japanese pronunciation: Rinzai Gigen
Side Rivercrossing Meaning Mysterious
| born: c. 800 died: 867 place: China |
| Chan master: Huangbo (J. Obaku) Chan disciples: Xinghua, (J. Koke), Baoshou (J. Hoju), Sansheng (J., Sansho), Youzhou (J. Yushu), ... |
Surname: Xing
posthumous name: Huizhao Chanshi
(Bright Wisdom Chan Master)
stupa name: Chengling Pagoda
aka: Lin Chi (old W.G.)
posthumous name: Huizhao Chanshi
(Bright Wisdom Chan Master)
stupa name: Chengling Pagoda
aka: Lin Chi (old W.G.)
Linji was born in what's modern Shandong
Province, and eventually ended up in Hebei
Province, near Zhengding. He developed a
reputation as the "master of the shout", and the
subsequent lineage of his school eventually was one
of the main influences of Zen in Japan, appropriately
named the Rinzai Sect.
Province, and eventually ended up in Hebei
Province, near Zhengding. He developed a
reputation as the "master of the shout", and the
subsequent lineage of his school eventually was one
of the main influences of Zen in Japan, appropriately
named the Rinzai Sect.
| stories: Osho Rinzai: Master of the Irrational (entire book uses stories of Linji) Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to No-mind, ch. 6 The Miracle, ch. 1, ch. 3, ch. 7 Turning In, ch. 3 The Original Man, ch. 2, ch. 3, ch. 9 The Language of Existence, ch. 3, ch. 9 The Buddha: The Emptiness of the Heart, ch 4 No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 5 One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green, ch. 1, ch. 2 Yakusan: Straight to the Point of Enlightenment, ch. 1 The Great Zen Master Ta Hui , ch. 7, ch. 11 |
Chinese simplified: 临济义玄
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
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Linji would shout at the disciples to give them a first experience of their centering. You are both a circumference and a center. You live on the circumference; the shout simply pushes you to the center. Once you experience being at the center you suddenly see the whole world changing. Your eyes are no more the same; your clarity and transparency are absolute. You see the same green leaves greener, the same roses rosier, the same life as a festival, as a ceremony. You would love to dance... --Osho Rinzai: Master of the Irrational, ch. 1 |
| Note: In his original English talks, Osho used the Japanese pronunciations of the Chinese names used in these stories, to a large extent. In his books the names were romanized using Japanese romaji. In the instances where Osho used the original Chinese names, they were romanized in the books using the old Wade-Giles system, now seen very infrequently in world wide usage. The stories shown on this website will attempt to revert to the more accurate original Chinese identification, using modern Chinese pinyin romanization, if the people and places are Chinese. If they are Japanese, then Japanese romaji will be retained. |