
| born: 812 died: 867 55 years 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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Rinzai 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 |