Qingping Lingzun
Jap., Shohei Reison
| born: c. 810 died: c. 880 place: China |
| Chan master: Cuiwei (J., Suibi) Chan disciples: 1 recorded as a master |
| stories: Osho The Zen Manifesto: Freedom From Oneself, ch. 10 |
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| Shohei – Suibi's disciple – asked Suibi, "What is the meaning of Bodhidharma's coming from the West?" Suibi said, "I'll tell you later when nobody is around." Sometime later, Shohei said, "Now, there is nobody. Please master, tell me the answer." Suibi, getting down from the Zen stool, took Shohei to the bamboo garden. Again, Shohei asked, "Now, there is nobody. Please master, tell me the answer." Suibi, pointing to the bamboos, said, "This bamboo is that long, that bamboo is that short." You will not see any logical connection. There is no logical connection, but there is something more fundamentally connected. What he is saying is, "Bodhidharma came to teach suchness. This bamboo is long, so what? This bamboo is short, but there is no problem. I have never heard these bamboos discussing, `Why are you long and why am I short?' Neither does the short one feel inferior, nor the long one feel superior. They are both enjoying existence in their totality... --Osho The Zen Manifesto: Freedom From Oneself, ch. 10 |