Sansheng Huiran
Jap., Sansho Enen
Sansheng (Three Holy) Monastery Kindness
| born: c. 830 died: c. 900 place: China |
| stories: Blue Cliff Record, Case 68, What's your Name? Osho Live Zen, Ch. 11 Rinzai: Master of the Irrational, ch. 8 One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green, ch. 2 |
Sansheng compiled his master Linji's words into
The Record of Linji (Linji Lu). He eventually
settled at Sansheng Monastery, very near Linji
Temple, in what's modern day Zhengding, Hebei,
China.
The Record of Linji (Linji Lu). He eventually
settled at Sansheng Monastery, very near Linji
Temple, in what's modern day Zhengding, Hebei,
China.
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| Yangshan asked Sansheng, “What is your name?” Sansheng said, “Huiji.” ['Huiji' is Yangshan's Buddhist name, meaning "wisdom silence."] Yangshan said, “Huiji is my name!” Sansheng said, “My name is Huiran!” ['Huiran' is Sansheng's Buddhist name, meaning "Kindness."] Yangshan laughed heartily. Xuedou put it like this: Both grasping, both releasing – what fellows! Riding the tiger – marvelous skill! The laughter ends, traceless they go. Infinite pathos, to think of them! Apparently in this dialogue you will not be able to find any great philosophy. Because our whole education is intellectual, is based on name and form, we take it for granted that everybody has a name. Yangshan's asking the name signifies in the first place, “Are you awakened yet or still asleep in the world of name and form? Have you realized yet that you are nameless, anonymous? Have you found it, that you are no one in particular?” A very simple question, yet it contains immense significance – but only for those who can understand the language of Zen. For others it is very ordinary. Every day you ask people, “What is your name...?” --Osho Live Zen, ch. 11 |
Chinese simplified: 三声惠然
| 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. |