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Jap., Kyozan Ejaku (alt. ,Gyozan)
Mt. Yangshan (Upward-facing Mountain) Wisdom Silence
| born: 807 died: 883 place: China |
posthumous name: Zhidong Dashi (Master
Penetrating Wisdom)
also, Chengxu Dashi
stupa name: Miao Guang (Wondrous Light)
name known as under Guishan: Bojiao Quwu
aka: Yang Shan (old W.G.)
Penetrating Wisdom)
also, Chengxu Dashi
stupa name: Miao Guang (Wondrous Light)
name known as under Guishan: Bojiao Quwu
aka: Yang Shan (old W.G.)
Yangshan is well-known in Zen history. Along with
his famous teacher Guishan, there formed one of the
5 Houses of Zen, the Guiyang House. He was
originally from Guangdong Province, growing up in a
village near Shaoguan, not far from Huineng's
monastery at Nanhua/Caoxi.
Mount Yangshan is in modern Jiangxi Province, China.
his famous teacher Guishan, there formed one of the
5 Houses of Zen, the Guiyang House. He was
originally from Guangdong Province, growing up in a
village near Shaoguan, not far from Huineng's
monastery at Nanhua/Caoxi.
Mount Yangshan is in modern Jiangxi Province, China.
| stories: Osho Live Zen, ch. 11 Zen: The Quantum Leap From Mind to No-mind, ch. 7 Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest, ch. 4 The Miracle, ch. 9 Rinzai: Master of the Irrational, ch. 7 Isan: No Footprints in the Blue Sky, ch. 3, ch. 4, ch. 5, ch. 6, ch. 7, ch. 8 Kyozan: A True Man of Zen (entire book uses stories of Yangshan) No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 1, ch. 2, ch. 3, ch. 4, ch. 5 The Great Zen Master Ta Hui,, ch. 34 |
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| Once, when he was still with his master,Yangshan said to Guishan, "Where does the real buddha dwell?" Guishan replied, "By means of the subtlety of thoughtless thought, contemplate the boundless spiritual brightness. Contemplate it until returning to the ground of being, the always abiding nature, and its form of the undichotomous principle. This is the real buddha." On hearing this, Yangshan was enlightened. Later, when Yangshan had become a master himself, Guishan sent him a mirror as a gift. When he went to the hall where his monks were assembled, Yangshan held up the mirror and said to the assembly, "Please say whether this is Guishan's mirror or Yangshan's mirror. If someone can give a correct reply, I will not smash it." No one answered, and Yangshan smashed the mirror. Yangshan was a very simple man – not the philosophic kind, not a poet, nor a sculptor. Nothing can be said about him except that he was absolutely authentic, honest. If he does not know a thing he will say so, even at the risk of people thinking that he has fallen from his enlightenment. But this makes him a unique master. Zen is full of unique masters, but Yangshan's uniqueness is his simplicity. He is just like a child. It took Guishan, his master, forty years of hard work to make Yangshan enlightened. He was determined, and he said he would not leave the body until Yangshan became enlightened – though he was old enough... --Osho Kyozan: A True Man of Zen, ch. 1 |
Chinese simplified: 仰山慧寂