Tiantong Rujing
Jap., Tendo Nyojo
| born: 1163 died: 1228 65 years place: China |
| Chan master: Xuedou Zhijian (J., Setcho Chikan) Chan disciples: Dogen (Japanese), ... |
Tiantong Rujing's master Xuedou is a different
man from the Xuedou who wrote the verses in the
Blue Cliff Record.
Tiantong became known in Zen history as the
teacher of the famous Japanese Dogen, who came
to China and studied with him before returning to
Japan, and eventually helping to initiate Zen into
Japan--what became known as the Soto School.
Rujing ended up his life at Jingci Temple in
Hangzhou, and his stupa is located there.
man from the Xuedou who wrote the verses in the
Blue Cliff Record.
Tiantong became known in Zen history as the
teacher of the famous Japanese Dogen, who came
to China and studied with him before returning to
Japan, and eventually helping to initiate Zen into
Japan--what became known as the Soto School.
Rujing ended up his life at Jingci Temple in
Hangzhou, and his stupa is located there.
| stories: Osho Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest, ch. 14 Dogen: The Zen Master, ch. 1 |
aka: Ju Ching (old W.G.)
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| And once a monk asked Tendo, "What is the eye that lacks nothing in its practical application to life?" Tendo answered, "It is just like blindness." The man who has known himself becomes almost blind to all distinctions, discriminations, divisions, dualities. He becomes almost blind to all the things that you see and live and behave according to. But his blindness is far more important than your eyes. To be a buddha and blind is far more significant than to have eyes and not to be aware of oneself... --Osho Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest, ch. 14 |