By Jinhua Jia
ISBN-10: 0791468232
ISBN-13: 9780791468234
ISBN-10: 1429412828
ISBN-13: 9781429412827
A finished examine of the Hongzhou college of Chan Buddhism, lengthy considered as the Golden Age of this custom, utilizing many formerly neglected texts, together with stele inscriptions.
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Bao Fang’s action of disobedience was not extraordinary at that time. As is well known, after the rebellion local commissioners gained more and more power and often ignored orders from the capital. Bao Fang’s protection was surely very important to Mazu’s teaching career and to the Hongzhou community. If Mazu had been sent back to his hometown in remote Sichuan, the gathering and development of the Hongzhou community would probably have been interrupted. ”80 This is the period during which Mazu gathered a large community that later developed into a full-fledged lineage/school.
86 The second is Langrui. 87 The third is Li Fan (d. 88 Hence, the names of Mazu’s known disciples reach a total of 145. Table 1 beginning on page 33, is the new list of Mazu’s disciples with relevant data about their dates, native places, monastery locations, foundations of monasteries, Chan teachers other than Mazu, and biographical sources. Of course, this list is still tentative, as many names are related to unauthentic encounter dialogues only. Anfeng Huaikong 安豐懷空 Baihu Faxuan 白虎法宣 Bailing heshang 百靈和尚 Baizhang Huaihai 百丈懷海 Baiyan Changche 柏岩常徹 Baiyan Mingzhe 柏岩明哲 Beilan Rang 北蘭讓 Benxi heshang 本溪和尚 Caotang heshang 草堂和尚 Caoyi Fengchu 草衣奉初 Changzhou Minggan 常州明幹 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Name 749–814 697–784 Dates Shu 蜀 (Sichuan) Fuzhou 福州 (Fujian) Xuzhou 徐州 ( Jiangsu) Langzhou 閬州 (Sichuan) Yongyuan Jishi heshang yulub CDL 6 Changzhou 常州 ( Jiangsu) CDL 8 Hengzhou 衡州 (Hunan) Jingzhao fu 京兆府 (Shanxi) CDL 6 Hongzhou 洪州 ( Jiangxi) a CDL 8 CDL 7 “Huaihai Stu¯pa,” SGSZ 10, CDL 6 CDL 8 CDL 7 SGSZ 20, CDL 8 Sources Dingzhou 定州 (Hebei) Other Chan Teacher(s) CDL 7 Yes Yes Monastery Founder Taizhou 台州 (Zhejiang) Hongzhou 洪州 ( Jiangxi) Shaozhou 韶州 (Guangdong) Monastery Location Native Place Mazu Daoyi’s Disciples with Relevant Data 1 No.
31 None of the other early sources mentions Mazu’s wandering in Hubei. ”34 In Sichuan Mazu first studied with the Chan master Chuji, then received plenary ordination from Vinaya master Yuan. Hence, his practice of seated meditation must have been a legacy of Chuji, while his observation of precepts derived from Yuan. Chuji’s master was Zhishen, a disciple of Hongren. Seated meditation was one of the major practices of the Dongshan teaching; hence, Mazu’s early practice can be seen as a legacy of this school.
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