
| 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), ... |
| 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 |
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| Zen Masters |
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. |