Luzu Baoyun
Jap., Roso Houn
Lu (surname) Ancestor Treasure Cloud
| born: c. 750 died: c. 830 place: China |
| Chan master: Mazu (J. Baso) Chan disciples: Yunshui,... |
| stories: Osho Zen: The Mystery and the Poetry of the Beyond, ch. 2 The Great Zen Master Ta Hui, ch. 30 |
aka: Lu Tsu (old W.G.)
Note: There is another Chinese man who is called
Lu Tsu, a Daoist, who is reputed to have written
the book The Secret of the Golden Flower. He
lived at roughly the same time, but character for
his surname Lu is different--most likely these are
two separate and different people.
Note: There is another Chinese man who is called
Lu Tsu, a Daoist, who is reputed to have written
the book The Secret of the Golden Flower. He
lived at roughly the same time, but character for
his surname Lu is different--most likely these are
two separate and different people.
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| When the monk asked Roso "What is meant by `in front of your nose'?" Roso responded, "Slender bamboos cannot be used as musical instruments; a gourd cannot return to the trellis it grew on." He is saying, in a very metaphorical way... "Slender bamboos cannot be used as musical instruments, and a gourd cannot return to the trellis it grew on" ...he is saying that you have to move inwards, just watching that you are going directly and straightforward in front of your nose. Don't go zigzag. The inner world is vast; don't go here and there, you will be lost. Hence, I have been telling you, "Go like an arrow, direct." Hit the source, and everything else becomes so clear that one who has hit his center never asks a question again. All questions are dead, all answers are dead; you have found the golden master key... --Osho Zen: The Mystery and the Poetry of the Beyond, ch. 2 |