Panshan Baoji
Jap., Banzan Hoshaku
born:  720
died:  814   94 years

place:  China
Chan master:  Mazu (J. Baso)
Chan disciples: Zhenzhou Puhau (J. Jinshu
Fuke)
stories:
Transmission of the Lamp, Case 113

Blue Cliff Record, Case 37

Osho
Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest, ch.
12
Fuke was the chief disciple of Banzan, and was
the most eccentric of all the Zen monks.
When Banzan was about to die, he asked his
monks to bring him his portrait, but he was not
satisfied with any of them.
At that time, Fuke had one of them, and Banzan
said, "Why don't you show me it then?"
Fuke turned a somersault and went out.
Banzan said, "This lunatic will pervert the true way
from now on."

You should not think that Banzan is condemning
Fuke. These words are very loving, and Banzan in
fact is saying that what other learned, so-called
scholarly people have not been able to do, the
man who was thought to be eccentric has
managed. He simply turned a somersault and
went out. He is saying something through his
gesture – "At this moment of death, why are you
worried about your portrait? What will you do with
it? Just take a somersault and go out!"

                                      --Osho
Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest,
ch. 12
      oshobob  The Living Workshop                                         
                                                         Zen Masters
Chinese simplified:  盘山宝积
Dish Mountain   Treasure Collect
Panshan was a disciple of the well known Zen
master Mazu, and originally came from the area
of what's now modern Beijing.