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The Last Great Zen Master f China
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8 Savi a Backld . . . 4
9 Rpcability 5
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22 Futh av Zib 7
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0 Sum Up 25
u Fu' Pcu f Zib 26
2 M C' Pitu f Zb 26
Euly 27
4 Zib' Sf 29
5 Zb i 0
ZBOS BUSM Skill 5
2 Z d t Scpu 6
Z d Buddit Plpy 74 Z d Pu d 8
5 Rlii i it O 4
6 Zb m 4
7 Zib d ucim 44
8 Zib Buddit Fit 45
9 Zib t Pbm f M Buddim 47
0 Zib t Py Z 49 Zib Rl Z 52
2 Zib i Ci Buddit ty 57
II ZIBOS ECS Mdici f mpti 67
2 i Mid 70
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5 Cmftbly Fi 9
6 ut dcibbl 80
7 w Rc t Pu d 8
8 Ecut wi Guyi 84
9 Li 88
0 Subl uc 90
II Sti Mditt 9
2 Suf i c 92 Rl Pctiti d Py Adt 9
4 Pcpt d Dm 94
5 Fc f Elim 95
6 Subjctivty 95
7 Blid Vw f Buddm 9
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4 u Accmplihmt th Elihtd ach 4
44 h Pfcti f Mditati 45
Bibliaphy 5
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orewordA ccord o radioa Buddhi hiororaphy vry
Buddh movm o hrouh hr ra phaa u pha i which hr i pracic ad aaio aimiaio pha i which hr i pracic bu o aliaoad a rma pha characrd by prvav corrupioad ulma viiao of h dyamic o h orial achiBuddhi hiory of h la wo ad a half milla o fa a i dcbl from h rac ha rmai amply fi oh accuracy o h dcipio a Buddhi ach cyclhav mrd rom im o im rpo o loca dubquly b ularid ad muad by admrr advually ak ovr by worldly ir ad ud for hdr of uch ry ad p a rmaid i h driuof hr xra mafaio
h uima Buddhi udrad o im ad horya dpicd h Avaaaka ach h mo comprhivo all Buddhi rprao ao mak i cla ha har difr ca of im away rpra ach oh
whou loi hr dividual dii A v o o imcal may hror b of rar or cv iicacha h am v o aohr im cal whi diffr vaki pac mulaouly may appar o hav o prcpblffc o ach ohr o im cal bcau h cau adffc o hir coicidc mai o difr im calApplid o h pricpl of h hr pha o Buddhi mov-
m hi ma ha u imiao ad drlic phaof Buddhim may occur imuaouly whil bloi odiffr ca o im Aai h cocr rac o Buddhihiory ba o h ruh of h dcripio i ha dfrpha o Buddhim commoy appar a h am m o ocal ad a diffr im o aohr cal o m framqualaiv ad quaiaiv dfc may xi ivr
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prprti whi i athr im fram thy may xi m
dirct prprti
Frm hi prpctiv it i t at a paradxical t fidfr xampl, m th rat Z mar Ta dyatyChia i th midt f what i rdiarily prcivd a th GdA f Chi Bddhim lamti th dcli ad crrptif Z r t d idicati f tadi Z mar adhrivi Z chl i th Mi ad i dyai, wh thvrt maitati f Bddhim wr raly rardd a
th vy pictr clap ad dcayFrm h tadpit f th liar viw f tim hitry ad
vti raly accptd i Wtr thht it may m b mwha difficlt t trtai, v xmtally amtidirctial Bddhitic viw f th phma, bt it iv mr difficlt t limp th vra chrc f thBddhit rpri wiht th apprpriat prcpti What
i mr, Bddhi hitriraphy i rthr cmpicad by thfact hat ccamt dii atific ad idirct achiwr cciy practicd a part f thi trpri tk it dffilt fr th ivtiat t idify th fffct aii frm Bddhitic impl A Z prvrb hait, a d mrchat hid hi d ad appar havthi ad a killf craftma lav trac hrat f Bddhit adpt may b h m dply hiddrathr tha th m i th pbic y
vth th rality f th pblicly kw Bddhitmay i fac b mt dply hidd by dit f th cditidprcpti f th city i which h r h i at wrk Whilthr hav away b th wh trd th war withtmaki a rippl wt it th fild with irri a bad fra thr hav a b h wh cld t avid trity
thir had cvrd wih d ad fac trakd with dirtSpriciai hav away vid th fam ad dwmt th lat idividal bt i raity th tak f th pblicwrkr wa ally th mr dificlt fr thir rw
Zib Zhk wa f th hric Bddhit wh wa afrdd th lxry bcrity f th bdhiava
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to wo lot i f to do wok ad mak i acc i
pbic o ti o at t matydom a dd iay podciv lif wa atd by caia adacadmi lct to t oblivo at ioically wod avmootd i pat i lf a oblvo fotaty o ol by t tim it bfll im Bt aa Dqi, Zibo'famo cola ad bioap, wo, Fo m bi cod boad otli [o Zbo ' toy, awaiti t im
w om ft clayd cam o t Z cool wocoti t rnmon of mp ca mak o itow tat Zbo wod av at la b t aatd ito Eli av t oppotity o if ca mak o m iat lat ty povid wt a w ad timlati imp ofBddm i acto pap tati io a ma oak Zibo wok ad aa' wod wil o avb i vai
oma CayAtm 988
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reacei wok pen primr meril on e life nd ecing
of Zibo Zenke [ 1 4 604, l of gre Zn min Cine Buddi io Te mi drwn fome collced work o Zio ime, wic were mbld
o fer i de b i dvoed dmirer nd from biogrpic e bou Zio compoed b i riend nd pere Zen m Hnn Deqing [14616
Zibo w mou mn in i own ime igl medb oe wo cme ino conc wi im cive mong boe educed eli nd e ordinr commoner Zibo w ire work in rviv o Buddim in e 16
cenur He cricod Cin mn ime, ecing e ZenP b peronl emp giving leon in Buddi piloop nd ecnique, nd rnging pronge fo Buddiprojec n drmic concluion o i pubic c, wrreed nd kiled fo boldl proeing policie of ecorrup imperi govenmn
Ti ud w pompd b cuioi concrning e
ior of Cine BuddimAe coe ud of mn ounding Buddi wriingfom e ong dn [lI cenu] i w cle o me e cuom view mong colr, Cinee Buddimpekd in e ng period [ 9 cnur nd efe loi crev, w mirge No onl did Bddi belifremin peiv mong Cin people in ong im, bu
ong priod Buddim dipd noug ling inelculcivi o mke mjor impc on Cine ig cuur ndon Confucin piloop ief Even vowed nmie ofBuddim in ong ime confirmed nd bmond i obvioufc
Rcogniing Cine Buddim w il going rong ine ong priod quion nurl ro w bou ler?
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d n Chn conomic nd oci hor hd d mno h 1 6h nd 1 h cnur, h l Mng piod which
dv o b cld h l modrn in Chn in hW hi w h pod whn h Chin conom bcmnv commrciizd nd monzd whn h chn bgn o k cnl plc in oci rlon whnfud bond dolvd, whn vncl irr mrgdEffor wr lunchd o populriz clicl lrnng ndnd h rch of ducion bond h li w m
of nn nlcu fmn rfom movmn nw idconoclic hinkr gind nooi dvocig ndvidulmnd ponn cricing h mprl uocc vn qionng h rdiionl concp of ml uprmc
And in h mid of i ll nflunl vr Buddhimhpng h phloophc dicour of h li nd providingbic n o pop rlgion Buddhim w i mmum
poin of diffuion in Chin rligion nd cuur kn forgrnd n popr bif, ncorpod no ril mrkingh ifccl bndd wh o prcic nd Conucnphiooph hdng off ino h dil indiidulim of hvn grd.
B Mng im Bddhim hd mrgd o horoughlwih Chin li nd populr hough h i dincivmg w bcoming blurrd nd loing hp dghrfor conmporr rpnv of h co chingik Zibo md i hir bin o crf h oignl innbhnd h Buddh ching nd o dirni h rumning from imion nd drivv h gr chr oh l Ming crull prvd nd rnmid h Buddhiclic, h g rur of chng o which h w hir n hir own work h ud plin unquivcl lngug o
dic non bck o h uhnic mg of h Buddhhm
M im in hi work h bn o rvl milon in rChin Buddh hio b ling Zibo pk fo hmlf ndhowing him hrogh h o hi conmpori h wori moic of rnlion fom oigin ourc h h
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cla mo iabl gid o wha Zibo w ying nddoing pimay daa in h dy of Chn lgio hioy
hi pojc ow mch o my colag in Bddhi dihom Clay, h anlo of o mny majo x in Znand yan Bddhim nd Taoim and Ngyn T Cong, apion in h dy of ogca philoophy alo wih ohnk avad pofo Mayohi Nagaomi and W-ming fo paing om of hi valabl im in hi ffoPaicl hank a d o oh Wifong who dp laning
in Chin cl nd xpi in la Ming ocia andconomic hioy wa n invalabl oc
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ibos LeZ ibo w fmou Zen echer in Ming Chin in he 6h
cenur He w eder of he gener reviv of Buddhimh too plce n the e Mng perod nd one of he t ofthe rdtion Zen men in Chin who ped promnent roe
in hgh curehe torie tht hve come down ot Zbo ife nd work
do no contute biogrph in he modern ene Rherhe re ere of Zen torie recouning incden tht reignifcnt n the Zen conext he re ment o illurte heimele teching pttern of he Zen chool well ceinpecific feure of Zibo own life nd pce in Buddhi hior
Modern reder cnnot expec to find n thee orie continuou chronoog of everd ife or he focu on peronlit h we oce wih bogrph Prclr necdotere incuded for her mbolc vue we iterl menngEch or i told to le he reder reflec on ome fcet of theBuddhit eching Zbo i preened not onl mn of prticlr tme nd plce bu n exmplr of the Buddhit
fe of wdomhe bic ource for Zibo feor re he tp incripionwritten b hi gre conemporr nd peer the Zen mterHnhn Deqing ded 1 6 16 nd he ppendix in he "eprteRecord of Zibo compied b Zibo dicipe Lu ndng Dong
hee writer knew Zibo peronl, nd loved nd dmired
him ince Hnhn w n enlghened dep who wrote withnight into Zibo' Buddhm, we cn folow hi ccount o giveu he min frmework for he tor n he ore reted beowl qoion not oherwie tributed re from Hnhn
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4 ib e as e le ae o Chi
Hnshn begins:
The whe wrl ies n is brn n lng ngh errn rkness The gte f sentiment is clse ight he lck fcnsciusness s hr t pen Thse wh cn sher hemwih blw hse wh cn thw bck heir shlers nvnce ne cnnt esl succee unless the re b nbrve n pssesse f wrltrnscening cpcies
" we bseve ne fer nther l he eders wh hve
trnsmite he Lmp Enighenment, we see tht he werell peple like this uch peple hve nt rien gin fr lng me, bu recenl we hve seen ne in Zib
2 ie ms Zen echers, Zib ws nwn uner vrusnmes iferen pns in hs life n hs tks he referre t
himsef simp s the l mn f whtever empe he wssting t Zib Prple Pine ws nicknme cqire lte inife s persn nme s mnk ws Zhenke Trul Cpbeke Chinese gentemen f th tim h h lit biqutb which he ws usul referre t n writng his ws DgunCnsummte Cntempin' r he ske crit in hisbk he wi lws be referre t b the nme Zib
3 Zibs ml were rignl peple frm uq in JingsuPrvince bu fr genertins the h ve in the bustlingtwn f Wujing b the net ke Tihu his ws theecnmcl ms vnce regin Chin te lwer ngRiver vlle Agriculture ws cmmercilie mst pesntsspece in csh crps n bught ther f re ws
brisk lng netwrk wterws th line the mn ctiesn wns wth he cunrse n wih ech ther
he urbn centers pssesse cunless speclie retl nwhesle shps wrehuses, n wrkshps he were hme merchnts brkers crftsmen n wge wrers The lscntine gvernment hequers entertinment istrics
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rgiou bihmn h mnion o h wlh nd
ovl of h poorTh cii o h Yng vll nd h ou wr loclurl cnr wih vrou nd priv cdmiciv pron o r connor nd criic nd rrociion Thr w hrving rd n prning nd llingbook win o popur in h vrnculr lngug ofh ci fok
Nw crrn wr rring n Chn clr in xnhcnur rncur rur w promod o rpcbib lding incl Philoop wn in nw dircionrng h nd o pu knowldg ino prcic nd o m cngng im wih crv dpion Lding MngConfucin bgn o ound lik Buddhi dvocing rurno h inhrn knowldg l popl po Confucin cviwn mong pop rng o prd knowldg of Wof h g mor wid An vngrd ring mong hducd dvocd individuliic id o frdom ndponni Mor popl bcm kpicl o rligon mnconinud wih cuomr riu wiou rl blf Chinpining bcm mor brc mor chllnging o h convnon Mn popl d ldgr in which h rcorddir good nd bd cion qnfid h mr nd dmrind kp mor bnch on ir lv
Thr wr mn gn of rin Th prd of h monconom md mor popl mor dpndn on h hiddnorc o h mrk nd i mnipulor ndlord d oruggl o mnn conrol ovr r nn monrlionip rplcd pronl i of dpndnc n mndvlopd r griculur cold no ppor h growing
poplon nd lbor mobili incrd mn rvlld inrc o ivlihood Aong h co h govrnmn wrng o nforc bn on Chin mrchn gong ovr cnrl govrnmn rid in vin o ncr i r of hvnu kn from h pn bu h locl lndownrrid n ncr n x h ducd c fl mornd mor lind from h Ming dn conlm
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6 Zb: h s G n M Chn
inniid n h mpl bcc Th w pg nd
mp o ic opnion ciiciing h bcm mond mo dngo n h pop nov of h im, hpicl villin i h nnicl oicil, h picl ho hcommon mn who i
Thi w h wod ino which Zibo w bon n 1 44 ZnBddhm w d hond old n Chn
nhn n nl childhood bfing gch lik Zibo
B h im h w fo old Zibo il did no lkA h m h w ng monk who pd b hi fmhom h monk bbd h bo hd nd d o Zibofh Whn hi ld v hom h wil bcom g
Bddhi ch A h finihd pkng, h monk dip-pd Af h hppnd Zbo w b o pk Bfohi h foopn of gn hd bn in h mlcod b f hi h w n no mo
A oh Zbo w b n bv nd fic hnd ngic w nll big Evn bo h w nofond of pl A h gw p hi olv icd d b
d hi pn cod no hold him bck fom hi piionfo ncndc]h p Rcod dd h ong mn Zibo
dmid h oux who w dionl fig in Chinoi ndomib flnc igh who wndd h ndighing wong hlping h dnl nd invnng o h ic w don
5 nhn conin wih h o o h niv b nong mn lving hom o k h hm
"Whn h w vnn Zibo ook p hi ff nd wodnd f hom o vl Whn h hd gon h mn
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ibo U 7
of ho C hr w vr rnorm nd h cold
no procd n frhr H hppnd o m mon nmdMn from Tgr Hl mpl A h ookd ch ohr,Mn w how ong Zbo lookd nd knw h vnhogh h w ong, h w no ordnr pron o Mncovrd Zbo wh h mbrll nd h rrnd oghr oh mpl nrb]
"Th hd ml [ h mpl, hpp h hd ondch ohr Whn Zbo hrd h mon vnng rc of hghgh nm of Bddh, h w ovrod Nr dwnh nd Mn room nd d h wo o hv grprco jwwh h dfmn n h?
"hn Zbo go o h gold pc h hd n h bl ndgv hm o Mnj kng hm o hod vgrn fnd ordn hm Zbo bowd o M ng, honong hm hchr Zbo hd dfl ll ngh nl dbk Hghd hr m nd d o hmlf, ook nd h noh E nd h no fvo
Evn ong mn of vnn, Zbo cold mov poplwh h ddcon:
Arond h m Mn ndd n hond pond oron o mk gr bl Zbo d wll hp
H wn [bo hr m oh] o Pngh nd crolggd od h g of on of h gr ho Whnh ownr of h ho w Zbo, h pnd hm wh food,b Zbo wold no h ownr kd hm wh h nddZbo d n hond pond of ron o m gr bll
o hv , wl ccp or foodTh ownr mmdl hd h ron brogh forh Zbo
ghd Afr h hd n h hd h ron rnpord d rcbck o Tgr Hll
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8 Zo T at Ga e Masr f Ca
7 anhan narrate ome ncident from Zo yoth a a
beginner monkAfter retrnng to ger il, Zibo taye behind cloed
door and read boo or haf a year he dd not cro hithrehold
When he aw that ome of the monk drak wine and atemeat, Zbo ad f thoe who eave home ar ke thi theyhoud be lain After that the mon were vry mch afradof him
At the age of twenty, Zibo received full ormal ordnationfom a monk who pecialed in the cripture
Zibo went to ongta empe n iang e aw a monkcopying the ayan Stra and knelt to watc him. After along while he ighed and aid, t wl be enogh if our generatoni capable of thi'
Later on he went to Jngde empe on Wudang ountainin ube] and tayed there in ecuion for three year
e returned to the Suhou area where ger il walocated] ne day he bade farewel to nue and told him, mut go traveling to the varo region to call on enightenedteacher and clarify the great matter [of enlghtenment]' SoZibo took hi taff and depared
Zibo wa adhering to the tmehonored cutom of the Zenchool: intenve tudy o Buddht claic nd travelling nearch of lvng repreentatve of the harma By thi pontZibo apparenty had recognied the imitaton o inge,and the need or further intrction
8 anhan tel a tory that gget the yong Zibo wa t trapped in a dualit ic conception of the goa of Bddhm a anecape from the ffering of birth and death
Zibo heard a mon reciting a Zen poem that contained thene Cttng off fale thought increae the ickne Gongtoward true thne i alo wrong4
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Zibo said to he mok Thats wrog t shol say yi cttg o fase thoght is thr o sickess Goig towardre thsess s ot wrog
he mok sad, ts yo who ar wrog, ot the ahor ofthe poem
asha cotiesZibo was great dobt ovr his Whrvr h wt, h
wold write the two lies o h wal is obt was so itesthat hs had a face bcame swolle e day at a vegearia
feas stil fatd o he verse] h was sddly elightedhe swlig of his ha a face at oce dissipaed romthe o h was rig high. e sai f wre wth i orDesha, wod hav awaked a a sig sapo d toask how or wha'
ij a Desha, who ived i the ith cetry were twoof th greats teachers i Z hsory o for hir dirc
methos.]
After ths breakhrogh Zbo wt o o t , a Bddhistcter ad pmbd th dphs of ogcra Bddhist phlosophy, which was a corerstoe of th Z schoo's methods
ogca Bdhism gives a aalysis o the casal se-
qces by which th elemets of orm, sesato, cocptiomoivatio ad cosciosess ar assmbld ito th sbcivewords that setiet bigs eperice ad act wihi
ogcra philosophers evr said that ther is o otrword as wrogy spposd y those who classify ogcra asa kid o Bddhs sbctive iealism) her obsrvato washat orary popl orarly do ot prceiv th oter world
as i is bt prcive istea th repreenaton hey projct po orm de to the coditioig ha has shap theirprcepio ad j dgmet ad sse of themsevs.
ogcra thoght Cha was smme p i the phrasesmid ol ad coscosss oly his was mat o twoves or he elight, he world thy priece ismade p oy o the rprstatios thir mis ad coscios
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1 0 Gra n Mt f
nsss assmb n raty as prncd by h nghtndal phnmna ar nd ny bcaus all sbjctv wrldsand tms and ams f prnc, and thr bass n physcalfrm, ar nthng bu thngs whch appar wthn th allncmpassng unty f h abslut truth v, h Bddhand
10 anshan gvs h stry f Zb's slnt accrd wth an
annyms hddn adpt, as f t crtfy hs nghtnmnt:
Zb travlld t nt Wuta [a Buddhs sacrd mnann Nrh Chna, lgndary abd f ajur th bdhsavarprsntng transcndnt wsdm].
cam t a cav n a stp clff whr thr was an dadpt stng n sltud Zb bwd n hmag and askd
w s t bfr a sngl thught s brn h adpt hd pn fngr w s aftr t s bn' h adt tndd bthhands. Zb a nc cmprhndd hs mssag atr n Zbtd t trc hs fstps [t th adpt's ca], but h cudnt fnd th plac
ldng p n fngr prsss th unty f bng at th
absut truth lvl tndng bth hands rprsnts thtachng actvts f th bdhsatva wh rnrs th ralmf mltplcty and rlatv ralty t cmmncat nlghtn-mnt
11 anshan rcunts Zbs mtng wh a pubc figur,Banrng wh was a wllknwn Zn tachr n h captal
Bjng n th 0s:
Whn Zb gt t th capta, h cald n th grat ldrBanrng Banrng askd hm whr h had cm frm Zbsad rm suth f th vr Banrng asd hm why hhad cm. Zb sad, stdy th Buddhs scrpurs.
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1 Zo T La Gat Matr of na
15 ow n his ar thtis, Zbo ncond th man whowold b hs chi discip Daoka
Whn Daokai hard o Zbos paon, h wn to stdwth him Zbo knw tha h wod b a vss o h Dharma,so h kpt Daokai on as hs attndant ntrstng him wth asots o dtis
h mastrs o h Zn schoo rgarl ook paricarca in h slcon and aining o sccssos Chosn pplso high potnta wr poshd and hond on ov th cors
o dcads and posd to a wid vat o sations andasks, in od to prc hr knowldg th paccaappicaton o th Bddha Dharma
1 B ths im Zibo had gaind a ptation or sanct andhs hpd him n hs ors o arang paonag or Bddhst
pocts Throghot hs li Zbo was concrnd to rstoand rpair tmpls that had aln on hard msn th prctra ct, thr was a crn ragama
mp that had ong bn abandnd owl land wnsin th nghborhood had ncoachd on is gonds to makor hmslvs gardns and pavilons Zibo had a vs whchh postd hr n th rind tmp
h bgh moonts sngl orb cod otsdth crains
Dp in h night onc i shon on polmditating
Zibo wantd to rviv th tmpl so h chagd th hghlplacd a Bddhist inst Gang to ac as th
protcto o th Dharma or this pojc, an pt Daokai ncharg o makng arangmnts nist s ongr bohrr L nta donatd v pias o h bldng o thmditation hal
Whn th bilding was compt th invtd Zibo tonscrb a copl to ddicat th nw hal] Zibo wro
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Zib hught that thi hud be wrten in bld hepierced hi am wih an aw, led a cup with bld and wrteit u
anhan l in the et f the try he new meditatinhall td but the reitance the lcal andlrd wh hadtaken ver he temple land blcked Zib plan revive thetemple a a whle wenty year ater with a ympatheticgvernr in pwer, the temple wa fnaly rebuit. anhancnclude that thi deayed ucce wa due t the pwer fZib vw retre he empe
17 Zib wa very active in the printing and ditributn fBuddhit bk Printing and eling bk wa a thrivingbuine in iteenth century China, much tha he earlyEurpean vitr t China in the day were aunded byhw cheap and pentiful bk were there
anhan lin Zib effrt prnt and ditribute Buddhitwriting wih hi awarene f iving a a paticular mment inChinee Buddhit hitry, when ditred imtatin f Buddhim had prung up n all ide, and the rigina meage hadt be retated n Buddhit terminlgy, the phae when thegenune teaching ha been upplanted by imiain i caledthe Semblance Perid
he eacher Zib aw that at the end f the SemblancePerid the Path f the harma wa in decline e made it hiwn tak t prpagate the harma and t aid living being.e thught abut hw heavy and numeru the crll theCann were: the reult wa that cpie were epenive and ntvery prtable and there were pepe in u f the way pace
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ho had never head he Dhara He aned o ge he Canonprined in boo or so ha oud be easier o irulae
his ould enable everone o read i o o hear i read, andreae seeds o enlighenen hen he rongs o hose hoisrepresen Buddhis oud be obvious
Zibo prooed his proje hough his onas in heoiia lass soliiing he help o ealh genleen Heordered Daoai o oordinae hings n 1 9 he beganuing he prining bos on M oun uai in Shani I n suh
a vas proe an people onibued an hings enrong here ere an deas and shis in plan Aer ourears on uai Zibo reurned o he souh lae, aerZibos deah he proje ae o ruiion uaniies o book-sle volues o he Canon ere pined and dsribued hena erain u Yongian ho had sudied Zen ih Zibo beaegovernor o Zheiang and a senior oiia in he region and
donaed his on unds or he purpose As Hanshan ells hesor Zibo had oeod his ndeed, he poer o M usaih as as he eaher had predied
1 The so aes a urn o sho us he siing sands obeie in sieenh enu China
"hen he panning o uing he pining bos or heCanon as oplee Zibo reurned o he Suhou aea o ellMingue he eaher ro ho he had reeved odinaionB his ie Mingue had gone ba o la lie and as ellnon as a door
"hen Zibo heard abou his he aned o deive MingueA ha ve oen as Mingue as eaing his evening eahis ie bol suddenl el o he gound and shaered Suh
as he inuene o Zibos spiri!"So o ar ou his pan o deliver Minge] Zibo eigned
ilness Ling in a sa ski he had soeone go as Mingueo oe eaine hi
"hen Mingue arrived and sa Zibo he as sared andearu eeping Zibo said o hi Ho have ou beoe so
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deluded? ha an e do o? Mngue aid il obeyyor oad' Zbo hen ordered hi o hae o h har
A Zibo a geing on board he boa o depar Mge[a a genuinely] repeed and ubied He aed ouphold he proper or of a diple and be near Zibo
19 Hanha rern agan o ho ha Zbo a hed in hehghe honor by he o repeable gery faie of ariou
loaliie in hi hoe regio hoe leage red ou oake refuge ih hi, forally aepg hi auhoriy aher eaher Zbo ona aong he offiial a adierai ele read ike a ho' ho of he avan garde of laeMig ulure
Hanha perhap ihed o reind people o Zibo highanding ore han one beaue in he end Zibo a anyhg
bu repeabe a diiden egaly klled by he goernen
o help eoerae Zibo boh anha and u u nudean aedoe o ho ha he peror peronally held Zbo nhgh regard
Oe he he peor a opyig ou he DiaodSra a drop of h ea fel o he page The peror e hi
peronal aenda o ak Zibo i he opy had bee poiledZibo repled in a ere ha delighed he peror
A drop of roya eaA bridge for en houad geeraioThe nehauble Dhara Treauryro hi gie ligh
20 The ory of Zibo' lal piey
Near hi hoeon in a adirer' garde Zibo opedou he Lou Sra o repay hi deb o h pare
n Chnee popuar Buddhi he dea a ha he kari
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eri gained b iruou a ke oping a ra oud beranerred o e benei o oer en oug e le oe
and ail on and nun ould il be ilial o eir parenand kinol b dediaing reigiou eri o e o alleaeer kar burden.
Zibo deribed i iniden e"o I rel on Budda ig a 1 re ou ripure.
a and eer od a noneiabe eri Hal o eLou Sa Te ng o e Sra our on neen naure
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21 Ho Hanan e Zbo
Zibo en one o e ope o i Canon in oo or o bepaed n an iron pa buil b e aou oneporar Zeneaer Miaoeng 140 1 6 1 ]. Lik Hanan Miaong -eied e paonage o pre Doage
Meanie anan ad noed e pre Doagerabou e booor Canon being prned on Moun uai bZbo goup e pre Doager a paei andproided und or ieen oplee e o be prined a erbee e on e pero ordered e diribued o aoueple ougou e rea
n auun o 16 Zibo ae o e apal Beijing lookng or Hanan bu Hanan a o n Cangan urer eexpreing an o e pe Doager Zibo raeledea Hanan leaed o Zbo' iinerar an aened ea-
ad ie opng o ro pa i i In Hananod
"raeling da and nig arried in al ae in Jo [aon n Sandong] bu Zibo ad alead e e onaerand a a a nearb raelle' odge abou o e ou on a longjoune e nex ornng
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"A oon a he a e ha nigh he a ve happ andaughed A dabrea 1 aed h o reurn o he onaer
h e. e aed ogeher en da, our ind eaed nuua aord he fa ha Zibo hough ne ha aalng abou anoned hole ife o.
Furher ravel of Zibo
Over he ear Zibo overed he lengh and beadh ofChina in hi rave viiing he anen e in he Buddhigeograph of China irring up oa uppor o rebuild epleeahing b exaple periing in hi eor o bring Buddhio life.
hee orie oen boliall on he uaion of lae
Ming Buddhi, and draaize Zibo or and e
Zibo a on foo ih everal opanon] hen heenouneed a rea in ful flood verone deided ha ia urel ipoibe o o Zibo oo off hi robe andaded n ahead alling o he oher. The aer a up o hihoude bu Zibo ep pungng ahead hen he a aro
he ooed ba and aid o h diiple A he gae of birhand deah ro drel o ueed
Zibo reuned o he apial aea and organized he effor]o revive he anien eple anzhe hen he deided o go eo vii ei he Buddhi hol ounan in Sihuan] Hepaed hrough Shanxi and Shaanxi and roed he hanging
bridge ino Sihuan o pa hoage o he Grea BeingSaanabhadra radiionall lined o Moun ei]
"hen Zibo ae o Luhan he ough ou he anienfoundaion o Guizong Teple eablied in 0. All haa lef a a inge anen pine A one poin] i a old bhe eple on for five pe of rie. hen he ooduer
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s bou o hop don here happened o be beggr hofel sorr for he ree he begged enough re o bu b
And so he ee sured b he foundons o he epe"Zbo s oed hen he herd of hs No he base of
he ree had been u oe hn hfa hrugh b ooduers: s bound o fll Zbo flled n erh nd sones round nd de a o for o lve gan, s an oen hhe epe sef oud be reed Laer he ree dd gro, ndn he end he eple s eed
Zbo gn relled norh He e o Sone SrMounn hs s hee sxh enur pne had he srsved n sone nd pled n es n lff beuse he hdbeen onerned h he rue Dhra ould be engulfed ndped ou b he onflgons, floods nd ndsos hll end he ge
"hen Zbo s hs, he as oed B hs e he[surng sp nd sl eple [ee on and h hdbeen enrohed upon b he poerful Zbo ed o resorehe He opened up one of he sone habers and under hese of buddhge he found box onnng n relshen he brough he ou, he lgh fro he rels l up hegulles on he lff fe
The press Doger herd o hs ondrous een ndsen her personl endn o beso upon Zbo a puple robe
s rk of honor Zbo delned sng shed os h hese poor bones n hard er purple There oudbe ore er n gng hs robe o soeone porn Zbodd reques h he rels be en no he pae nd dspedfor hree ds here hen be reurned nd sored n he sonees Zbo lso requesed H nshn o re eord of he
een
23 Seond eeng of Hnshn nd Zbo
Hanshan heard h Zbo as raellng e agn so he
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en Being ee ih hi anshan ries"e saed geher n a gaden n he esen apal
nversing fr f das and nighs, never shung r eesThis as rul he happies even f he ife
Zib and anshan ade plans geher re a hsrf he ansssin f Buddhis in he Mng perid heagreed g Caq, he abde f he Sixh Pariarh f Zenin Suh Chna, and esre i Zb en bak Lushan nenal China a fr anshan jn hi here as he
aun f 1593.
anshan aresed
anshans nnens n high paes brugh h ruben 1 595 he perr g in a nfli ih hs her he
pess Dager, and deided ha he dd n ke he ashe and her rnies ihn he palae had lavshed ne nBuddhs prjes An rder en dn arres all hseinvlved n he disrbuin f pies f he Cann funded bhe press Dage rseuing ffiials sugh revervas sus f ne ha had alead been spen n prnngss
anshan as arresed and pu rure e as defrkedand senened exie in he fa suh as a n garrsnslder Oean Sea eple, hih he press Dager hadbuil fr h in he apial as rdeed desred
anshan els his nal eeing ih Zib
"hen Zb head eps f his a ushan he hanedhe us Sa fr sake hpng ha i uld ad e inavidng he deah senene hen he en rennierCaqi [n Guangdng hen reurned iaheng [n Shandng] e as abu g he apal hep e henhe head ha 1 had been sen suh, s he aed f e [a
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Nanng] on the banks o the Yang Rven he elevenh onth of he sae ear 1 9 e fnal
et at Luo Hertage on the rver Zbo too handsghed and sad, You are servng the Great Dhara untodeath The odels aong he anens [or hs nd ofondut]ere Cheng Yng and Gongsun uju [he frends of as assassnated kng, ho resued hs posthuous son and nsured theperpetuaton of the roal lne] ha nd of an a f oudo not oe bak alve I l no have long to ve self'
repeaedl red o oor Zbo hen 1 as about todepa Zbo sad to e, 'I l de beore ou. Later aars entust to ou' hen e parted forever.
2 Zbo 's protest
Zbo's on troubles th he sate began the ear1600fve ears after anshan had gone nto ele The peror
ordered he poston o etra aes to provde for he re-budng of thee pala unuh on ee entout to enore he ne lev alled the Mnes a,' hh hadprovoed ntense resstane
The governor of Nanang Ct n Jang rused o ollethe ne ta e as denouned and arresed and hs fe
oted sude hen Zbo heard of ths he sad hat astate urrent aars have oe to If eunuhs an l a hghoffal and hs fe ha an be done about the orld pah
Zbo travelled o the apa o vs he prsoned governor.To ofor h Zbo gave h a verse and ordered h torete t a hundred thousand tes B he e the governorhad repeated t eght thousand tes he peror relened
and ordered h released After hs return hoe henever hethought of Zbo the governor oud be oved to tearsanshan ontnues he stor: Sne ha not et been
alloed] to return to orer attre [as a ok Zbo ofenlaented The Dhara Gate has no one. f s t b and athhle he banner of he Dhara s puled don, then I a not
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applying y ind o perpeuae he Three Jeel enlghen-en he eahing o enlghenen and he ouniy oleaer and o ae he lourh I old anhan doe noreurn ro eile, ill be a grea rong and a grea deea ory appearing in he orld [a a Buddhi eaher he[radion o riing Zen hory ebodied in he nsmssionof the Lmp i no onined i il be a grea deea or ye o ido I an ipe aay hee hree rong I illneer again go o he iperial apial
anhan oninue A ha e I a a Caoi I ahe all o 60 By epre ail I inored hoe o y dpleho planned o aopany e n eile o inie Zibo o oeo Caoi Zbo anering leer ju aid, Relinihing hpoor e o bone ill dell nohere
By hi reole o proe goernen aion Zibo aplang he in grea danger he Mng ae a nooriouor harh reaen o rii een hen hey held oiiaran or a on o enure poliial riii a exreeyriy Zibo diple ere aare o he danger he aed n heapia and begged hi o dei ro hi proe i longieaian Daoa roe hi in blood pleading ih hi o gono hidng B Zibo repied hen o y hair o
beoe a on a aready e uing o y head haoher head do hae ha an be u o
So Zibo peried depie he groing danger "Alhoughhe a landered in ore han one eorial o he hroneZio a aoo and unonerned
2 Zbo arre
inally eneie in he goernen ru A anhan elli Suddenly he ediio leer ae o ligh I n he apiainide and oide he palae here a an uproar hoe hoere jealou o hi oo he oaion o denone Zibo and inhe end beae o h he e ih diaer
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In terms o Mng dynasty poltcs, Zbo was guilty of two
basc cesBy publcly obecng o govenen acns (le he exle
of Hanshan and he Mnes ax enfoceen Zbo exposedhsef o eaaon by en n poe offcals ho codove fo hs aes and condenaon A on hou specaposon a cou had no sandng o ccse he govenensacons
he ohe unfogvable ce as havng connecons h
he ong people He as lned ndecy h he facon ofhe pess Doage L ho had paonzed hs fendHanshan and gven oney fo pnng of copes of he Canonfo Zbos goup a Moun ua he peo had a fallngou h hs ohe he pess Doage ov he ueson ofnang he he appaen he peo aned o se asde hseldes son and nae hs son by hs cuen favoe lady as he
ne he appaen he pess Doage objeced and nssedon he ognal choce of hehs sfe n he pea fay had epecussons n
Buddh le a he peo agas hs ohesclenele n 595 people lned o he pojec o pn anddisibue boosyle copes of he Canon ao epesee aesed hs s hen Hanshan as aesed and beaen
defoced and sen no exleZbos aes cae dung a gea oundp of suspecs nhe capal n 1 60 An unauhoed pned ac had beencculang aound he cy ha denounce he peosfavoe lady and he son as danges o he ea he peoas fuous and odeed hs sece polce he bodeedUnfo Guad o aes hose ho had aen pessDoage 's sde n suppong he ognal he appaen
u Fu ananed ha Zbo as a vc f a facon hodd no nd lng a hoy an as a ay of sng a ceangenleen ned o h ho ee he eal enees Hanshansays ha hen Zbo leaned hee ee en n he govenenho aned h dead hs aude as "f he ay of he oldhas gone hs fa hy ve any onge?
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he ttor of he orginal he appaen a fiend ith oneo Zibo dicple Another diciple o Zibo a a poinenphyician in he capita ho had ceran eeie in high placebecae of h lin h the ttor
The phycian a areted and orted b adtednothing Searchng hi hoe the poice fond a eter foZibo in hich he poe of recing anhan and ebiding hiteple n the capial, a teple ince detroyed by the Epeoroder Zibo ' ee aid tha it a nlial on the part of thepeor o go againt hi othe copaion
Thi a a capa ofene o one cod ge aay ithcaling the peo nlal The etter a taen p by aCenor a erio evidence againt Zbo and hen eoriadenoncing hi cae before the hrone, the peror by acold not eonerate hi Zbo a aen into cody peacefly at anhe, the epe near he capia ha he had etoed
A Zibo a being taen aay nde aet he poe a verefo the teple on2
Od an Zibo i leavng he onanRela, yo Zen en n he halAbove yo head there he yOpening the coect eye [e ee]
n any iation diae and bleingAl coe fro pat cae
2 Zibo in pion
Zbo a aen to the dreaded aern Depot, hee the
ecret police dealt th opponen of he governentHe a confonted ith hi edio lete' and ebed by
hi interogao "Yo ae an einen on hy aent yodeep in the onan pracicing eligon hy do yo coeto he capital o fo bond th genleen and edde inpblc affair? Yo are a on Yor poper pace i o bepacticng eigion in the ontan valley hat bine do
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Deah n prison
A ee afe being fogged Zibo died he deah sene aselaed b anshan on he basis of eeiness aouns
"Afer he had ashed hsef Zbo od his aendan 'gong ease han all he proeors of he Dhara bahoe in iangnan for e The aendan began o r Zbosolded hi sang en ears ih e and ou s l behaelie his Then Zibo spoe seera erses for he an andhen he fnished peaeful passed aa siing uprgh
"[A an ho Zibo had e and ofored in he prisonhurried o Zbos side hen he heard he had died e rubbedZibo and said The eaher depared el . Zibo opened hisees and ih a sligh sile said goodbe
" as he seeneenh da of he elfh onh of [heea gumo [Januar 1604 Zibo as si ears old andhad been a on for oer for ears
30 anshan sus up his sor of Zbo
"Alas! hroughou hs life and ork he Teaher enoun-
ered equa shares of suspiion and rus doub and beliefhen he heard of his las bod gesure of his peope highand lo all sighed in respe
"Zibo ieed he aeria orld he fou eeens' earhaer fire air of birh and deah as a ornou shoe his asbrough abou b he Dhara e alas augh people usinghe erse of iabh Buddha one of he seen budd has of
aniqui in Zen or he erse reads:
Teporarl borroing he four eleense ae of he a bod
Mind is fundaenal birhless i is herebased on objes
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33 anshans elog o Zibo
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ohers ae he rebil ieen eples In addion o avinge Canon prined he searhed o prined and p noraion he reorded saings o e veneraed Zen adepso anien renon
"henever he agh dsiples in hs oo he ade hes or heselves in order o develop heir on enlighen-en no sopping ni he roo o dob as oall reoved
. Te eaher as enegei and ear. en he eeivedpeope he did no ake oon senien as he Dhaa Hesogh people o like a ble hak ahing rabbis One hesa e e aned o ake e aive
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8 b as Ga n se hn
bow o th t, o ho who ppochd him inimtly
w h h tuy pod both ooln ndwmthBy nu h w ond o mountin nd i whol
h td wih th oud nd w wih th bid, owning ng phd ob nd nothing mo, with no pl toy
H otn mntd th dclin o th Zn choo H wndo k out h toi o h nbl dp inc th tto ou dynty nd mk onnution o h nmon othe Lmp H did not ulil thi bi ow, but h pd onth intnt wh h dpd
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th h Jwl, w cn ghtly y tht h w on o hphyic mnition though whih Buddh pond oth wold [nimky] th h w Gt Bing mh-]
hink tht h h pption w wothy o bingtcd bk o n d ] nd tht h continud h ty ohui [d ] Bu h hd no ing o th bo
him Zbo n dd to pomo hml lly[Conucin y tht th y o Yo nd Shun wtnmitd o Conuciu nd Mnciu tht Mncu did [9BC] without hnding t on nd tht n Song tim [ l thcntuy] th two Chng boh dictly ucdd to thling Ronng ik hi hn th ch Zibo w indd tu on [o inj hu nd ll th li nlightnd on],tunng th whl o th hm
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tim Zibo d A Zn m w i ot yni o Mdymk Yoc nd uyn lo-oy tt d bn tocl b o t Zn coo
inc t ly dy A mn o i tm took t in to by mny xnt cnuy Cn nlcl to d-mnt cut mo widy nd o oli t cliclcn dictd dinc bck o clc Buddtouc nd lucidd ti ntnt in lin dict lnun n wn mny dbbld in imition Zn, o tyldin om t Zibo bcm mou n utnic Zn
mt in old yl In tm o Cin Buddt ioy w mot o ll o nd o t diion nd in i oinly nd unqun lot ilo o mn ndin on od nt nt l
n Mns
Zbo' tcn wok w uidd by t Bddt incilo ki in mn Accodin to ti incl c ticulion o tut mt b dd to nd ndmnliti o udnc All cn oionldnt, dind o in ticl ccumtnc
no dom, no bolut nt ut uc i incon-cibl nd inbl nd ncnd l limitd omulionT Buddit tcn iknd to colcion o md-
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Z as Great Mast of a
hi adeay wth tandad ta ometme wth upietai ometme he wn ung boh omeime he wn
without uing eihe Vioy o the Buddhit teahe meantenabng the udent o open up hi nnate apaity o enlgh-enment
Zn nd th Scs
Zibo oten ponted out the baic omplementaity betweenthe Buddhim o he ta and Zen n hi own eahing heued he ta Buddht phioophy and Ze oe He oenadied peope t to tudy etain e o ta and teaehen ue the method o he Zen hoo to bng the knowledgein them to le Zibo epeated the Zen hool ' tandadomulation the ptue epeent Buddha' wod Zenepeent Buddha mind they uppot and onim eahothe thee i anythng in the tanmion o Buddhamind in Zen hat goe agant Buddha wod, he iptue,then i no eal Zen Buddha wod i amitd whouta lea undetandng o Buddha mind, i the ptue aemeely epeated without inight into thei intent whh i theeene o Zen hi no tue iptual Buddhim henyou mae the iptual eahng, the Buddha wod ae a
you own wod hen you undetand he Zen hoo hemind o he aneta eahe i you own mind6
ike Zen men beoe him Zibo knew and taught the manya the Huayan the ou the agama, the Sa oComplee nlightenmen the akata, the VimalaktSta and the Peetion o idom Sa The tapitue at aay o being aembled aound Buddha to hea
h meage Buddha i hown adiating wdom ino ountewold though dee expedent mean By owy buidingup gian tableaux o eahing ene the ta dept themulileel omplexty o the hama a a whole Zibo poinedout tha he a ue ymbol to oney te meaning onemut get the meaning no tik to the ymbo
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Zbo Buddh
Zn nd Budds Piosoy
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o t lk o dint indpndn dnty in l tipnomn Ti i inkd i t ontmpion o mpndn o dtmnt unbid obtiity nd unnimnompn
Yo, n Cin xngong t oo o ppn o o popl pi nd xpin ty dond o to tnom t b o i xpn to nonduii n nd nononptu idom Ti ioitd t t onmpltion o t lti ity o tmny din ubjly pid old o nnt binnd ti ptn o omion nd n, ldin to knold o o o omp nlnin tion itin l od
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Tini, nmd t t mountin bod o it ound
Zi Y ixt nuy Cin yi o Buddi outnd tniqu int od lition o tin onptu mp to ti nomou m o tnn ymbo nd lloi Tint ully nlyzd po o mditton om mny nl oin mny omplinly lo ompni t o o to uidmditto tou dpnin l o nt Tu o l it
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atact ymmty, Tantai wa away mant a a pactca
piloopy Fom t incpton of t Zn cool onwa,t w many Zn apt wo nw a iantaicatgoi
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Zb Buddhm 4
logsi scitu uism s m to focus ufy mi t ocs, o ibo t ky fcto t stt of mi of t o volv t go is to ilumtm ibo w is ists " yo ct mts wt sllow owg m you wll v gt t ffct.
The Three Religions Mergng into One
t ig io t tcy of Hmoiig t cgs to O ws i ful oc y olcombi t sctivs o oism Cocsm uism ti so ligious lif. Public tcs ctivly omotg t sytsis of t t lgosy o cct t oto tt t t tcigs wcommty to c ot vok ti istictiv
vlus s by si wit o ss of cotictoibo s ts g t oug imsl sw
t ouist Cis titos tog uist ls w sct t clssics of osm Cofucsm f to tm fly s tcgs usly to bg outti lls to uist is
bo s tt usm, Couciism Tosm ll
tc tcmt fom boy mi. Tt itslf s ott moooy of y tto Wt s i os wowtss t s cit mo ot oly ymuu ws tis yso ws Cofucs."23
ut sy w t O i s ubo is it usto oist, o Cofuc? f yo immitly cl witot obts bot tis t Cofuciism yo cll
tu Cofuc, i Tosm you cl tu ost, i sm you cll tu ust . Otwis, vycs w sgs cm fot gt ti ws bo
f yo v cly ustoo tis i t you c b Cofuc, uist o Toist. f you o ot usttis i t if you Cofuci you ot lCofuci you Toist, yo ot l oist f you
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4 Zb G n ar Cna
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k to t ubtty of your o m . . t-g t orl, t tur btlty i ll t Surmil [o uim] mgg t ol it lt Kigly y [o Couim. i r lig, tii r tlt.2
u t tr ir o t bu trrom fort by m o tir vo. y my b Cofu o
ut or folo l l ki of otr t ty bft bigog to tr ki . y k mur t tot grou vry b ou 2
it ot of kl m m it tl totk otri v to rgr t tr trtio ifft y o ommuitig t m mg. Aorigto t v o t tr rligo ommo mog Ci
uit, ti tl mg t m t Grtil it mg o irt lgtmt, ltougt tmiology vri. Zibo l t r of quvt ot fom viou Cof uit txt
t myri tg rtu to t f .. ttr f, our butur] tr o it book out book . . . . t ll o igl miligt vr b ytg t Grat Larng [ribto Cofui] t mligt l lumitig virtumng-d. t Doctn of t Man it l Hv'mt' tan-mng. t Analt it i l by my kiof m o ffrig imort: bvol rn, iil tyxao ol orr . t Book of Cang t bmt gt ltimt ta-j t igt trigrm t Bookof Htory t bm itfuly olig to t m.' . . t
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Zbo Busm 43
Atig tr rligios s qu ss iboddy riisd ol wo misld tm
r yrs i sudts of or sudts of tCofu t ow from t outs wt id is us tybbb bout Z o bust bout Cofu lrig but tmomt y out dgr d doubt, y os irourg d ti siits d r blow dow by t wid ofobjts y toly ubl to mst t ostls tirmomms bor tm wi Rlly m of fs ig] isot s good s guy i lg o fmlis, owrigort, wo jus ts t fis d rois lo of foodfor ol o t
t s just tt fools do ot omrd tir ow midsir motio iws ot b imitd d ty girs o fs jugms Witi Cofuiism y r tidow by Cofuism wt oism, ty r kild by
osm w udsm, ty r tgld by udism[Sudyig igo k tis wiou rtil to tomd] is utig o f slk o wlk troug forst ofors
6 Zibo on Taoism
is ry ys Zibo bm milir wit t oistssis, ao Z Zuang Z As mtur uddist tr ws wiig t work witi t forms of oulr osmwi sw s ltti xssios of rl rligo iis of ou oism ibo dily rd s otrmfsttios of budds d bodists
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Zibo lso fult tos osts wo gt bsorbd i ti
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44 b T La Gea Zen aer hna
myst atus bu glt to utvat t ss of lig-mt Buist viw is ta cstatic stats may b byou of gu ligious atic bu a o its aimos wo g aac o csatc blissful stats ao futoas igtg bigs wo must b f to com a go i bou a imu ams Busts wo lig to mtssmak a simila mistak accoig o Zibo t s t sam asw y a uang : it maks i sous oam o igbyo tubi wo Oc y av c s ss
of bg mty a cott if y t tat tis is ultimty wi v sk o ava
7 Zo ad Coucasm
ibo quly omo t staa Cfuia valus
i is tacgs ibo at Cofuius as tu sag wosow blity a sosivss of a sags skl imas. ug s liss to muat Cofuiuss favoitisil a u fo is abliy cog is faults a otat m Zibo of cit cassica mas of safasuos a al fo lg tak fom t soia otat was basic Cofuciaism. o cta aucs
ivok licitly Cofucia vitus Witi t wol t usaways b souts of igty a filial iy. Fom a Buist saoit Zibo avis glm o
ow to b goo Cofuas. tol tm ty a to fi tmi of Cofucius a cus witi tmsvs Wyou f you ow it mi you wll av fou t miof Cofuius a us ci comoay Cofucias fo ot owig w o look o t os mi atius sai o soul sk
Lik may Cofucia itis ibo oit out socomigs of cotmoay o Cofuciaism su-u saita mcaical foma of iual obligaios os otcostitut al flial iy a i fact as to ba kama.ost wlloff youg m i g tims civ t Cofuca
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bo Bum 45
ut xi i t g u u ffmiy mbi tm t u xmt wi
bugt fi k ib mk tt w lik uigi , t u mbitiv xmiti ym tik fii ffiil w ugt t b t gui f t t ml itti y
ib g itiqu f t tmyl f Cum w l tv im Wg gmig l it ft.
Cfui mi t l l itfuy f m jgmt langz wi btivt tg t uivi f mi y y ty kwg flw gm f Zty q ittig t t it kwlguf g w ult, util tl wk i wl t t m kwlg by yg i l
iuti y ixtt tuy Cui f t tiwk t t wk l mi t tiit f t li y l f l uly t iv ti vy mu lik t if bttv utiv m.
Zb w mt flw f lang- ly gigwg by tig ti lmt g f w
w f m it m fft f w wi ti w ubivtyig im lityt wit gly m-ly ty ft i bivy by mtkig it fbjtviy lv t l it lgt wmt W i w, ty t kwig ubt i m, t t ty t t t
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46 ib e Gre e ter Ch
oit i to t xtt tt ty ou b tk lll to ut ot ut o i wl xliitly
tt tt uim wt byo t ot two ougCofui iooy it fult it i f uo to vulgig oug tu v ti flt ty fuio to Cofui lg 5 O o oo x m t ig uit ouit book lygumbl togt o k i tt tyig to igtmt wtout uit mto l tmg
to mk H ot out tt t vi of ogilooy mk it ulou to lim Ci ttoof uim i tt t i otg i um ot lyt i t Cofui ot l.
Fo l t ligo ibo to t itio of gttigut To wo tuy mut wk to t ligt of mi ow to u t fy ig byo t y o
t g wt kymui u Cofuu o o .ibo lo t ki of low ltiim fou mogk movig imulvly fom o ttio to otwtout kig t m ffot to m o of m" k you: Hv you tully t lm of Cofuiu u o ot? f you you tly woul ot tti wy f you v ot v mt Cofuim ow you tuy uim? f you v ot mt uimwt tim t to tuy oim
u fo bo it w ot o mu mgig t t lgioito o mgg t ot two ito um. Coui Toit i fgu i i tig but mo oft tot ty t log of uit ot, o l ubt of mo omg ut ytm. om
lluo i witig it tt bo w ut i tCi li ilug Cofuiu iu Lo i ug t li of Poty Hit oy H tyt Toim Cofuim i ti utti mboimt w to ommuit ig t tmiology fom.
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Zbo Buddhism 47
Rigios ttits rtis rftig vrios blso t tr rligios wr ommol i ibo's wor y
t strs o t sitt try ibo ws olsio' ist H lwys took s is gi t lssi ist tritio tis orm t bsis rom wi rit s lmts o Toism Coiismibo t t trism tt t gist o t tr rligios wst sm bt is ow rlitio i or wsism.
Zibo o the pobem o Mi Bddhim
ibo m bri obsrvtios o t lis to b omog otmorry Cois oists bt ommt t gt i ti o t roblms bsttig
sm i is ow y Giv tt ibo mloy skil ims, tilorig is tigs to t s o is listrs isois o tir oits o msis irty iirtlyiorm s bot t oitio o lt ig ism
ibo lwys miti tt t rligios soiltivss o ism its qlittiv vl ws ssilylosly rlt to t morl qlity sirity o ist
moks sAs! W r rom t y o t . Dmos otsirs r s vywr svig tir skls tkig o t r o moks s y slyrt to b moks s, bt ty r rlly oriryworly ol is s r t oit tt t strso t soo t giig ostts o t Pt o t
Drm v b lmost omtly i. o b mok or witot kowig s miow is s mok' or y ifrt t ommorso? Wy sv t wr blk? t is ot tmo kigs otsirs wo stoy ism os wo stoy ism t moks s wo ro irt rom ommo o 5
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48 b Th La Grea n Ms hna
Zib traed the ppsin and sspiin that ften greetedeven sinee Bddhists n Ming times t ppa aversin t
wldl mnks and nns hese das n r pre and peaewrld, we nepetedl enner great slandes gea db,grea dread hgh the slanderers are a peverse, msgidedl when we trae bak the reasn [f heir aaks] these aeals de t s mnks rseves nt being pre and lea in da travels n the wrldl and wrldtransending rads, ts stng n the pi f the mmnplae, wit deep missin
fareahing thghts. Zib went n in detai ab he falts f msgidedappahes t Bddhism. e eeed thse wh eft hme tbe mnks r nns wh snere mtivtin, hse whtrave in searh f wsdm merel fr sefidlgen prpsesthse wh k tgeher aimlessl thse wh think hat lkingike a mnk is he same hing as being a mn 5 e repdiaed
hse mttinZen men wh learned a few bts f Zen le inrde t pass hemselves ff as prfnd peple and reeedthe selfpramed teahers wh impsed their wn sentimentsand dgmnts wih bng a abt t gidlinf he Dhama5
Zib ritied mnks mivated b the desre t have fdand thing prvided readmade wth havng wrkand wh avdl sght fferngs and patrns. e waned themthat if the epeted t g n living at ease nsming theprdts f he wrk f hers, he were asing fr trble5Zib reeted mnks wh rried favr with the rih andpwerfl n hpes f sering psitins a the esablishmenspatrnied b them. n genera the ds laterda disipesd n knw the main sse . the jst mpee fr the evanes-ent flwes f patrnage, psitin, mfrt epte . 5
akng p a prblem as desribed in Mng vernaarnves Zib epressed regret that rges ad riminals ftenassmed the gise f mnks and tk rfge in Bddhisenters. his led t te fr legiimate mnks sne theahies ld nt neessarl disngish tre mnks fmfase. 5
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Zibo � Bddsm 49
The root ce of the poblem of orld clerg, in Zboe, te lck of genine pton on t pt of tdnt
nd tecer like. 5 Of thi t i id f e c gond not correct, the relt obtined ttd . ke ppfor tt cnnot t frit Zibo chrged mn contemporBdd it nglcting ti bic hritg of he criptrnd th Zn echng, to folo od motition
Wen peope t d ed the enigtenment tore ofthe ncent, the r like md men nning their nd or
n elepnt. Snc tr i no feeng in t hnd o cnthe kno if the elepnt ft or tn? Al! Th tpe mkdere for repttion nd poft nd obtning mtril pportinto n incrble die The k t [re progrm ofBddim to ndrtnd te gret mtr of brth nd dtnd tck it beteen ore leg W it not n refernc to ththt te gm Str When od of gt ft
r creted o fl nto nnterpted he
10 Zbo gins phony Zn
Zibo poke ot gnt mn rint of fe Zen. ForZibo, fle Zen hod p in the contmpor intllctl
fion h th ton nd te of Zn re mmicked trndom, le te bic tcng of Bddim e contr-dicted, miinteptd or gnored Mn n the tr Mingpeod clmed inprtion from Zen Bt moe often tn not,th doptd vie of Zn tt r connin for thi onprpo bt d tt to do it t orign meg of Znt neerendng tk for Zibo to rpond to ti ttion.
Zbo ponted ot te ero of tho o conclded tt incethere i noting otd of Mind tere i no ned for tenoork to relize enligtnmnt. Zbo contrd tt it old notdo merel to be bl to tt the conclion of Bddhit pio-oph, tot hing rll prcticed nd pronll eperi-nced tem. e Bddt ife of idom rere rel nghtnd emporment Smp peric not nogh
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50 Zio Te Lat et n tr o n
Zib likewise eeced hse wh peended he imaencncen and casal ease f he Zen schl, b cld n
mee he es f cmpehending he giding pincpes ZenMan edcaed men in lae Ming China fel an aacin fZen sles he laid claim Zen vaes ha eemed hem spp indlgence in pesnal whm sif a ife fcmplacen indlence and sbecvsm Agains his back-gnd Zib alwas had eieae he igos paccalnae f Zen n his wn cndc he gave a ing eample
he asceic dedicain deep leanng, and eess serviceadna wh Zen men and wmen
Wking in a ime when imains f Bddhis msabnded Zib alwas emphasied ha he Bddhis eachingis n a mae f appeaances. A wldbe seeke mgh haveeve wad mak f sanc and elgs pacice, b sila in hs qes he dd n elinsh his dshnes mnd
bsessed wh epain and gl Zib neve accepedwad cnm and veba epessns of alegance nhemselves as he eal sbsance eign e pined ha he Bddh ehng cann b dged m he de,and ha i is n aleed win he appva avid hedisappval f special nlkes 5 The cieia sed b heZen sch dge an eligs clams wee diec epeencen accd wh he Te Dhama and he esng paccaleffecveness.
Zb esned he cmmnsense hse wh db heh f Bddhis eachngs wih having pesnall nves-igaed hem. e lkened hs esing ake medicne whenseis il, hen csng he medicine as inefecve when helness des n abae
Zib eeced he phnZen idea ha snce he h is
bend wds, veba eachings ae nnecessa Zibsappeciain he vale f veba eachings was eeced nhis effs have he Bddhis cann pined n a m hawld alw i cicae me easl, and his wk clecingand pbshing Zen ieae Zib deced aenn back hese classic sces s ha pepe cld ca he views
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Zbo Buddhm 5
basic Bddist conceps, and be able to distingis faseteacings fom tre
ater Ming Cina witnessed a final wave of te diffsion ofZen ideas into piosop, art, persona stes of freedom andideas of socal aon. As Zenderived matera was dffsedmore wide, it lost ts sarpness of denition, and was interpreted and applied n diverse was
Zen was aimed as an inspiraion b man wo ad onragmenta ideas of wa e Zen scool agt pre sec-tivists lbeines niilists antinomans, believers in pesonaepresson and spontaneit, advoates o freedom from sociaonvention Opponents of tese intelletal trends brandedtem Cra Zen kuangan.
Te word Zen ts beame associated wit eentri selfindgence Atempts to mitae Zen langage proded strangemeaningless praseolog Tis is w Zibo p so m empa
sis on disipline and sinere motivation is is w e insistedta real Zen Bddists mst meet te test of te siptes andte classic Zen lore n response to tose wo aeped teirown sbetivit as inerent mind and did wat te wantedor wat te felt was needed Zibo onsant ited e obetivestandards of spiita attainment pt fort in te srptes andZen asss.
seems tat Zibo was wel aware of te istorial momente faced
Kami consiosness vast and vageot knowng ow to stop.gnorance is te water for te boat o deams
Te wind of nenligtenment roils te mindseaSals opened amidst te great wavesAre not easil gatered in
Te ome of te anestral teacerss a stret of ide grondWat an be done
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nfeelng A Zb eplained w ld h ag b whfeelng? j ha h peneae hrgh hm and are n
bdd hem. h have feelng b wh enangle-men Wh feelng hre i nwhere h d n eahavng n enangmen, hre i nevr an v hae Thi wh h grea bdhiava ranfrm hmelve in mn-ain f fd in famine ea, and n vari kind f mediinn me f plage.
eane, wh are wdbe bdhiava Zb redha he d f Bddhm m be gnded n he rrahng. f praie wih knwng hw hen evenif relinh ne bdie and live, in he end i fmkarma and ffering Amp a praie baed narbrar nmen wil nl renghen h bbdali Zb wa emphai n hi pin When he perfed
peple eablhed heir eahng he d hard a ball he ame b n he pin f rahng he ba [bddha-mind and fgeng enmen he hand pah are n
Zib agh h den verda irmane frher hr Bddhi dvpmen f ar able enwhedfr ian a r eahe and epping nhen wherve g here ae ri aher and pral
fend On ne an Zib gave he dipe raveling wih hima len in h relaiv f afan and dir. hal-lnged hem mpar hir wn ea l wih he life f hardlabr f he bamen wrkng prpl hm.s
Zib fen aid ha ffring l d be ed a aahr Whevr wld ge f brh and deah m
fir ge knw fferng. f d n knw ffring wll inviabl hnk ha [he hng ha bng] fferng arparable One have dne hi hr i n rnng bak.One delded frver deded when wil ge
When a Bddhi laman he knw ffered h l f lvedne, Zib advid him ake i a a Bddh len f wedi h hing n rm f nvenna feeling he are
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54 b e ast Grat Zn ar f Cna
re panf and regreabe. f e onempae em i eee of e Darma o do e kno a a ose o ded
ere no bodisava, demonraing ee sene of mpemanene o make a of o fee fear and reaze a i ord no oid
Feibe and donoar n e Zen radiion, Ziboag i dens o ake ever opporn amids e psand don of ife o eerie e Bddi meod e ereearnng i Bddi praeinemomen fo peope
eeking an enr no rea
o man app songs o man adFina reazing a osde of Mindere is noing ee,A siaon, advere and favorabe,Ae or eaes
Usng e perpeive of Yogra Bddim and eagama Sra in e Zen manne, Zibo regar ag isdiipe o onempae b diaembing i on ppaexperiene of ef and ord ino is onien eemen formensaion perepon, evaaon and moivaon, onionessenefae (ig, earing, ase, sme, o onepamind, and e aoiaed eneobes and oionees
Te aim of onempaon aong ese ine as o refineaa senmena biase and break free of beobe daimFreedom from reavi od bing independene fom ffer-ing Wen ef and oer are no paed in opposiion senoreperene is a anne o reai.5
"ings and sef ae forgoen b e iminaion is noifees. e mno ore in ondro a prinke i
aers everere on a e pared and ieed ee.Moiened i i ee de e dried o ree boomrian 6
Or on re imed vie of man possbiiies mamake i seem o s a Zbo as propong a danng ask,
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bt i princpa his tachig was ptimistic and pe allbased n fath hat a ppl hav bddhanatr
Th sds nlightenmnt xist hrgh he ads fth dss Whe sprng rtrs t the eath evething cms ife. n rdr t becm bddha in the ftr accmpaiedb a retine f asscates and spreadig th trasfrmaiveifence th Grea Dhama mst pat h seds daAh! The efft is sma bt the harvest is grat A real persms ake it p!
Zib preseed earing Bddhism as a prcess Evntanghtment depeds a balance f devepmetal inencs i cant be gaind amaicall b cver ndesadingr asteities earng Bddhism reirs bth te aspirati n th part th stdnt ad a clad lghtendtach wh ca appl and adapt th tachngs. h tachingsrere a teache fr their inne trh be devepd perectl.
Wh inner trth s perfect then pracce will be esdedand crct rsls wil sr b had n abndace.
Th sds w crrc efft is idispnsble as Zibexplains hs k ink cat b gv t b h bddhasr patrarchs b nlghtd tachers Dharma masrs Allthe can d is pvde ecagment ad assistance . . . ts pt rse: d nt deped ae elses pwer.
Ev thgh we hav th sagl achings f th Grat Cannthes t are n mr tha wds t cag and assist s Th stdnt starts b reling the vrbal tachings f he
scptres t investigate the heart ad marrw f th bdd hasB pracicig gnrsit ad rpanc, pett sates minda grada rcast t mg wih the Grea Mid nlghemet2
The sdents sincrit pens th wa t mt te teachrsWth a saighfrward mid tll them th intentin harbr. he wil crtain nt sprn r t sincrt heare sre t pn f methds f finding a ivig adAccep thir wrds dirct: d t t fge them , dnt petend t b iligent and make p bgs pnis Anewb babs hgh is l f mik he ds nt kw
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b Budd 57
h] fo oef t o ao a on ehaf of othe people.nt thi ve peial
Zio aw he life of wdom no a a emote mh t aan eveadapae lvng oad fo anient and moden, thaontempoae ogh o ave.
hee ae man knd of potentia and imtane withenlightened eahe Some do the wok of the ddha mean of ompaion, ome do t ange Some do the wok
of the dd ha hamonzng with the gh whie jonng wihthe dt. Some do the wok of he dd ha wh odng andlow and ho. Some do the wok of the dd ha epet-fll ppong Bddhit endeavo. Some do the wok of theddha eng dipined, ome eing leaned, ome eing tanendent and fee, ome eing en and iSome do the wok of the ddha making people happ
ome making people afaid h it i ad, Going againo gong aong t' a kl n mean.
1 2 Zb n Chnese Bddhs hsry
Zio and anhan appea a wo loft fge oming nea
the end of he thoandea oad of Zen Bddhim n ChinaWthot famo pedeeo o iltio deendant, thewee among the lat Zen mae who wee pi fige ofenown and inflene in Chinee hgh e A the eventeenthent woe on the wdom of the Zen hoo wa own inothe feld eond the adtional fom of Bddhm
Zo and anhan wee leade in he ieenth ent
Bddht eviva he wee ave in eong emple, aem-lng and peeving Bddhit iteate, and aanging paon-age o Bddhit poje Fi and foemot thei livngeampe and diet peene a teahe the ommniated tohe tme what Zen od e
he late Ming ea wa a peod of ideologial tenion anddive o a degee na n Chnee neetal hito.
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hr was hon on bwn h na v andh woff dad lass ha sppid offas als o nd
orrpion and o rn o pr vas, saions o faon-alism and dsoal. w onom laionships spad arossh onr, nd nw foms of soia onfli aos Dissidnhnkrs bam famos opn advoaing nw idas of slfand so rar wrin n h vrnar langag anddaing wh h onrns o h ommon ma mrgd nopromnn.
Amids al his al fmn onps omng from hZn adon wr pariarl prominn Th nw mansramo Conianism borrowd sbsanial fom h Zn olook,as dd h mor rm avangard. Evn hos who sogha wa o of h dissnsion of h ag b a rrn o prConfan vals who ndd o oppos Bddhism or promong sbivsm hod h hm so prominn n h Zn
ahing of ibo and anshan rnng o h oiginalinspiraon of h asss o bng la o a onsdsaon
B a h as mamm pon of dfsio hi la hghd nning arhs p h bah Zn spad o bondrognion Th mor popl ook p Zn n a ragmnardrivav mnnr h mo is mhods nd ahings wviiad b bing adopd prl as philosoph or as sls oras an ash o psona prsson Zn disors was ofnapproprad n a disond wa and s ingra manng wsbrrd and os
A h sam im shdding hr spif Z form nigh-ning mns o h Zn shool mrgd ino varios onmporar dvopmns bond Bddhism Zn was o orsinimal nvovd in h la Ming nla movmn fo
popar daon b spading h knowldg of h gis ofh asss. Zn rrns also fd ino h frs manifsaonsof wha was o b h nw phiosoph of h svnnh andighnh nr. h Zn iq of h sbivism ofpsdoZn and h Wang Yangming shoo of Confianismhpd prpar h wa for h n a's sss on ovrng
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he rgina meaning f he ai and he demand rempiria reearh.
Cmpaed h il ane in he Zen amilZib a a ere and peever n an innvar invenr ne frm B h e f imple aighard angageand h emphai n he bai f Bddhim Zib eem have delberael brken ih he rend Zen ring nehe hireenh en beme me and mre nriae and
ereferenal nlike he genea n f Zen maer in heM ng peid Zb refed lam r himef an affiian an anien Zen lneage n dire ppi n h nemp-rarie fr hm Zen ld mean haever he ihed mean, Zib nanl eaed Zen pae and ang bak heir ba n Bddhi ripre and phiph
Zb embraed he a i f he elig pre f Grea
ehie Bddhm, hgh he nhei f mehd marin he Zen hl. ke h gea predeer he had he abili adap he eahing and a hem in paie in henemprar iain. n erm f Bddhi learnng, he aamiar ih he l range Zen re and a and raha ee adina n he Zen hl. riing hmaer f hee eahng, n blind alegiane r re repe in.
e a fleble and pragmai, n rgd and dgma abe rk ihin a varie f fm regarding nne a aran eahing rd inlde n nl a definiin n-ep b al dnam nng rd apable f neangih he mind f he eaner and eveaing mlple eve finmae meaning n a hee repe Zb me he anienera fr he adep eaher f he Zen hl.
Zib ame nea he end f Zen hir n he begnninge a aae here Bddh hi d in Chna, andhe rend f he ime e a fred b he knedge haeven hen he frm f Bddhm ae nefeed and bden inefeivene and evenall dappear he Dharmaelf ala abide
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60 ibo e a rea n ae na
h blgrn mnain is timlss h wh ldsm and g Whthr th mmn f th tahng is pn
r blkd whhr hman sntmnts l r hat t whthrtahng ntrs rish r g rn ths ar al manifsta-tins arding t dds .
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Finaly, w ar lft wih Zbs wn wds as th bstindatn f th nar and mannr f his tahing hy ar
spflly translatd h, s that mdrn rars an bmaaind with anthr landmark figr n Chins Bddhishistry Zb Zhnk 144 164 h rd sn f ning
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Zibo's Teachings
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1 The Medicine of Emptiness(ZBJ pp. 323b-c)
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h wrd tha phlds thm ad th wrlds f all thlivig bigs f th t dirtis, ar al rtd i
mptiss, ad mpiss is rd mid Thrfr h strasays Empiss is br wthi grat lghmt lik abbbl prdd i th a h dfid dsty ssry
rams ar al thigs br basd mptss. ts st that vig bigs ar stk fast hir ssry
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ing e Coo nedoe i Zhung Z See Wso 55 : g ves: "Wen I is beg uing u oxe I could
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2 The Ligh of MindZJB pp 324bc
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ompete, nd mperisbe fied it seet de o ofeibtions to . Woever i oed b drop l ve i
brning vetions beome pe nd oo e ill nd immesble ndeds o tosnds of mdis none omefrom otide bese l e inerent n te ne o mind.
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fsn f e myad bjes befe me e als sad n dalyavy ees nng ese Only me amnzng w mysef.
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Peple sdyng e Pa d n egne ealyBease ey aep e nss sp all angTs, e f b and dea f nless ages
ls al e gna pesn se al ve e ny w aep senmens as ealynae, s eally s e key sp.
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Wen asan ned bak lk, e Ba Mnks ewas ended wen e sn dbed e fae, e fae ad ne b apsze s ba
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74 Zb: h La ea ase of hia
wog aowu ad ould eve epai bu I ave a omadwo eeive peope o a boa a Huaig Pleae go ee ad ee im:youe ue o beefi'' Jaa dimed i ogegaio ad weo ee e oa o
oo a e oa Mo aw im e aed: "Wa empe doyou ede a 0 ma of gea viue? aa aid: "I do ay aa empleayig o lie Te oama aid: "You ay oe io le wa?' Jiaa aid "I' o e peomea befoeou eye'' Te oama aid: "Wee dd you lea a?' iaaad "I ' o omeg ea o eye ea o e oama ad"Oe appopiae pae i a peg o ee a doey o e ouadeo He alo aed: "edg dow e le a ouad fee eie deep i e podee ie fom e oo wy doyou pea? Jiaa wa yig o ay omeg e oamaoed m o e wae w i pole. oo a iaa limbedou of e wae io e boa e oama aid pea pea gai Jaa ed o ope i mou ad aga te oama
ma iaa wa geay egeed Te e bowed eeime Te oama ad: " I ' e you pay wi e lie o e fgpole if you do go aga e pue wave e meag i poaeuly lea e iaa aed: "Wa i e eae ideaabou aig oo ad e? Te oama ad: Te ie agdow foag o e gee wae deiig e meaig o beigad oige Jiaa aid "Te wod bg aog e myeybu ee i o oad e ogue pea bu doe pea Te oa
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3 Wordy Truth(ZBJ pp 324d325c
he an Grand tr S Gang sbmitted a memralbegging t e alwed t retre he emperr ewaded
m wit wenty aties f gd and the rwn prne estwedffty atte n im Wen S Gang retned hs hmetwn every day he ad hs family prvide and lay t a eastt whi e invited s ansmen and d friends and assatest sare in te enyment. Ater mre an a year, the gdwas ams sed p Sh Gangs sns and grandsns rgedhm t se p an esae fr them Sh Gang sad w d be s pevese as e nmind f my sns and grandsnsSeeing tat tey sil ave f hemselves ld feds andbildngs make my sns and grandsns wr hard in them,s tat they wi ave eng prvide fr ei ltng andd were t add me than nw makng a srpls wld st be eaing my desendans aness Mrever ifa wthy pesn has mh wealth hs wl s reded f a flhas m weah is ats ae nreased Wat's me ther are resented by everyne dnt wan hange my snsand grandsns dnt wan t inrease their falts r engenderesenment wards tem Upn earing ths his lansmen
gady smedAgain: Pang Degng was pwing n a il wi is wife
and hilden aead f him weedng e military gver fJngz, L Ba pinted t ths and asked Sir y livee panf st le, and y wil nt nsen t aept anfiia salary Wat wi l y beeat t yr desendants nlae geneatns Degng said: Wrldly peple al beeah
danger t thei desendants eeat seriy. hgh theeests are n te same s nt a ave nting tbeeat Li Ba sighed and depaed
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alve bt intead ovet peope offering and pport we are
wrong reeving wat improper. Wen we invetgate were alt ome from, t t rom wanting o wear read-made lote and eat readmade ood
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Old man S Gang wa an old ervtor o e Han orWen e wa preented wit gold e dd not dare eno t bimef, b ared t wit lanmen Hi on and grand-on dd not get to poe it
Sine we ave paed orelve otde te for ae of
e people and we beg for food to tan or lat breat,wo beide te for ae of te people wl onate tingo ? Tog te oferng of genlemen, pean, aianand merant ae not te ame ever n of tread evergran of re, al ome from ard work. Havng worked ardto get tee ing e are app to be genero to beaete eek o repent teir n and to add to te benefit f
we ave e name of monk b lak e reat of monk wewl rel be nable to benet elf and oter n oter lifetme we are re o wi ead and ange fae and beomeanimal We mt pa bak teir benevolent doaon!
f od Yama aep or ipper trik and or feeblegame if o an ge b w deeivng m, tn al te talkof eaven and e of te ve bleing and t i evil i
le How old te Tatgata and te age b ng to ivngbeng wt fae word?Food and drnk and e are te great dere of mant.
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deveoped and vow o enlghened compaon ae aleadyopeang. Thoe who contbe o the ppo of h nd
of mon wl ely be able o wpe away the ev deed andnceae he benef.
I f the enghened nowedge ha no yet gealy developed,and the vow of enlghtened compaon ae not ye opeatngon a lage cae b hey ae able to ecte he Bddha' wodand ndeand a bt o the meanng hen pacce accodngo the ndetandngh type caled he mdde gade
o monIf hey jt ecte he Bddha wod bt cannot nde-
tand the meanng, fea hey wll bng the Dhama ntodepe a they tggle o mantan dcplne. Th ype called he owe gade of mon
Thogh hee hee nd of mon ae not the ame ndepth, none of he thee come nde the categoy o hoe who
have the name b no he bance of mon people epecand ppot hem, the wongdong wl dolve and hegood fotne wl nceae, wthot a dobt. Ode of heethee nd all he e ae jt odnay people wh havenhead: they ae not mon.
Thogh yo have been odaned ong nce have yoeected bac on he e bance o beng a mon wth
hame o not When a mon ealy ha hame, hold concome fom whot wha genne n t he accept.To teach yo have ced Sh Gang of Weten an and
ang Degong o Eaen an aong wh an explanaton ofhee nd of mon o hold holow o yo mnd andfoge yo phycal fom. Weep and wa a yo ead htweny o thty me: hen n the fte yo wl mae a good
mon Sat oday!
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Pag egong wa a ma of Xiang Yag wo dweled in eo
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4 Knowng nd A wkenngBJ pp 330d33la)
R ealinate i like waer feeling ae ike ice ce i alid brctin wate i d and w thgh Free-flwing i i fndamental wtht bect and bec. A alid brcn, ene facties and sense bects ae inppin
There i knwng thee meanng, and hee i awakening thee meaning Wih knwng the dea are ndetdbut
in cntact wth thing and even thee l dein.With awakening, in cntact with thing and even nde-tand heir inner trth hat eniment and ee bec aref hemeve empt. eln i the enangemnt feeling.Awakening i mehing wih ealtnate Enangement meandalit mehng mean nene alit mie eativtnene mplie bhlene Bthesne the cnantprincple f realtnate elativit i the tranfmatin f
ealitnare Cntanc is eles and mino anfrmatin mean having enimen and being dmmed.
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80 Zio a Ga Zn Mat of ina
dah i id impoa o popl y hy al oiby co ad cocd ad do pla fo i i hla Why
NOS
I . e five desies c be cosed s desies fo te ive seseobecssgs souds smels tstes toc; o s desie fo weltsexul pese food d dik fme d sleep. S p 3
. e bod of eit udd s Dm e bsoluteeit t l begs se i e oeess of te elm of etis te evewee eql Dmk of e tgs ZL 6Dm c be see de two spects s sucess d s tewisdom of sc ess ( te ie of wsdom of te bo of elit ee Spbh St, 664 p 6
3 e fo eemets e e we fie d . ogee e
mke p te fist of te skds o clstes4. e fo cses te skds oe t e s skd
fom Nmel sesto o eceptio peceptio o cocepiomotivo stess o coodito (cludg te pttegcivies of emotio d dgmet d cosciosess e bodmd s composed of e ve skds ccodig to te ddissis
6: Truth s ndesrbbleZBJ p 338a)
h Dhama i idcibabl if cod b dcbd, hDhama oo wold b a dcip io h ag kow ha
h Dhama i idcibabl ad ha al kid o dcipio,
mapho, ad compao fo i a o mo ha mpoaypdi.
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wer hogh wer cn flow hrogh hng cn dry p. f compred o he wnd hogh he wnd cn move hemyrd hng, cn de down lf compred o fre, hoghfre lgh cn nh he drkne, cnno e oched f compred o ree hogh ree cn prodce ll knd offlower nd fr deched from he grond h no plceo p roo. f compred o lo, hogh he loh flower nd fr he me me pr from wer cnno e. If compred o he cmp flower, hogh
he cmp frgrn, when he mn wnd come, hefrgrnce dpper. f compred o jewel, hogh heyre he mo ngr gem n he world, hey do no eq hecer empne nd pervdng lmnecence of he Dhrm.he Dhrm h een kened o drgon, o lon, o gremn, o kng, o fher o moher. I h een decred gre mll, long rod qre rond
crved rgh h een compred o moon o lneo crng p o eendng o o he relve, o he ole
In eence, depe he hndred nd hond of mephorhe Dhrm ndecrle. herefore y h decpon,mephor nd compron re nohng he emporryepeden mehod of he ge hey hve reponded oeng. For h reon hoe who clng o he mephor re
mped y he Dhrm hey do no know he Dhrm.
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-he ene of recng he ddhnme o eek rh n he
Pre Lnd le n pholdng he recon hroghoyor whole lfe. Then when yo fce he end of yor fe, yormnd wholy nperred. o m know h h world he cene of ereme fferng nd h he Pre nd hee of perfec . wl e lke rd or fh whoe odere n cge whoe mnd fy eyond he cge or hoewho rece he ddhnme he world cge he Pre Lnd
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82 Zibo A Geat r o h
i the open wte o the ky Aveion nd envy e completelypied, o when the time come to einqih ife thee i nooom t l in hei mind o wodly dee heeoe nomtte how hevy o ight thei wong deed m e they gotight to he Pe Lnd withot dot B even if theyhve ecited he ddhnme fo ong ime thoghot theilive, when t come ime to einqih life, if the hit ofwoldly deie h not een ogotten nd the contemplionof the Pe nd not nmiedhogh ch peope hnk
tht y eciting the ddhnme they cn ing ong theikm to go e on in the Pe ndif we jdge tly, othem o e on in the Pe Lnd i ely difficl
h on Mt L i n fi devied the eate on teNatue o Penomena nd hen ed the Whie otSociey hi w not withot eon ece if the nte ofphenomen i not clely ndetood the ie o entiment
will not e ken f the ie o eniment not oken,the clinging peception of ody nd mind cn neve e diovedSince clinging peception e not diolved, th oot o thedeie o ood, dink nd e defnitely cnnot pld heefoe thogh the moh ecite he ddhnme the piii nning fe oect of deie
Fit we tech them mehod fo mhing dy nd mind
When thogh gdl pctice they e fmiized withthee then hey e le to compehend tht neihe ody nomind e o poeion f hi ndetnding i chievedthen even if he cinging peception of ody nd mind i notyet pty mhed, till comped o odin people theye moe elevted nd enlightened
Of the mehod fo mhing ody nd mind none eqthe t hlf o Vivh Bddh vee tnmitting mindit i the qicket nd mot concie
empoily oowing the o eementWe tke hem the odyMind i fndmenly withot ihl i thee ed on oec
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Le eeke ecite t e milio o five mlo o he miiotime gdlly, y ectig h vee yo wil come o de
td i he ly wed mptio of he etyo ody d md wil e getly leeed
Oce ch mptio hve ee leeed, e the mdtht h ecited hi vee o ecite he me of Amd Bddhd cocee yo thoght o he Wet Amd emWhe i time o elih yo ife thoght of wodly deiewl e emped wthot hvig o ppy efot Why Bece
yo hve coceted yo thoght tkg dvtge of yodetdig (ht ody d md e o poeio
A cie wothy d t compehed th ody dmid e ot poeio Whe thi owledge deveopcocette yo mid o ecig the ddhme d eeih the e Ld peope ecite he ddhme iethi I gee th o oe of them wl l o e o i the
Pe d h w lo i Y ide o Mt whe heit deved the ats on t atur of Pnona odeo ope p lvig eg detdig d he ehedhe White o Socey to le hem ccompih the pctice
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P Lad i paradial ad i Wt AmdaAmia Amty t udda of t ig ad Lf da to iig t am f Amda
. t pi miay attrt ya Mu (-1) tradtialy t fd o t W Lt oiyf ay Pr Lad uddi autrip o t a Xng n wriar y a ard mo a ad Hiyua Mok pp
2- Vu i f ad Ai dda pr
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4 : e a Gra e ar o a
8 Enounters wth GunynZBJ pp. 339a)
hve her h he ohsv Gnyn frs seherself on he ncen h Gnyn o genere he
spron If I m o ecome h eql o he ThgGnyn I wl myself ener enghenmen, n ech oherso ener y mens of he hree wsoms of herng conem-pon, n clvon. From heng o conemplon, from
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a a singl mdiaon poin ndng ndlssly fo youflling you ys Suddny mindgound uss opn Bu
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of varou potental tey ued ufferng tey ue bltey ued wat neter ufferng nor blyrad fferentean. A for e Prorda udda, even toug naturapoenta wa deep unle e ad been drven on by te laeof ufferng enlgtenent woud ave been ar to deveopWen enlgtenet dd open up all te caual bae foenlgtenng oter) fowed out fro wn wa tefunctonng of te Proral udda' frut of engtenent
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rate to te lg of nd ue t freely tey dpene w aldependence and take ter own tand on open ground kete on kng trollng back and fort prngng orward ortoppng tl at wll totaly ndependent
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veent tugt Wy ind aut wit calculating tugt?Ony ate te ancents ad ve pecks ice tugly cked
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ask yu Wen te ancients culd see tey cud act n
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100 Z T G Z Ms o Cn
can you udy uddhim I you havn' mard uddhim,wha par im i hr o udy Taoim
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Aa No bein abe hemee o adhee o hi yleae people hae ouh he Pah by mean of enimen hi
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poin beeen he o (eeme of ndulin o uppeinenimen) bee o be a pepeualy aeln ceeae
hee day ome monk and lay people appoach pualeache ih he aiude of udin and aein he eachebefoe hey hae een him hey fiue ha a ceain eachedoe no o beyond hi ha anohe eache i no moe hanha Once hi aude bon een if he ahaa aoe
aain no een he could benefi hee eeke o ho coudanyone ele do o Genealy appoachin piiual eachemay be ikened o pickin peache: hee i no ime o be con-cened h hehe he ee cooked o aih al hamae i he finene of he peache hi bein o i noa ea eo o appoach piua eache ubbony unenimenal concioune o eek he Pah
hae ien a ouh accoun of hee een eo unmindfuof ha he ouandin ohie monk o ay may hinkNeehele hee een eo ae pufied eli a el
a bein poion f you make ood ue of hem poon haenee no been elii f you do no make ood ue of i eiiha nee no been poion
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1 libo The Las Grea le Mae f China
NO
I. Yoa d 713) wa a a wo ad deely tudied teaoial eag ad e ata looy ad eaed deedet eigteet He ayed oe gt w te Si atiaad got aova See C, j 5 wok e Sg fEgh·
m (2014) ad te Y c (203) wee ead dowoug te age Ca ie
2 Yu o P A { 1 1 5- 1 169) wa e Yag ba o te
i tea See G 573 Yig aow alo kow a ogyig o Bo Feg, lived
te eevet etuy ad wa a uil o te geat Ca ate Huagog Huia (d 069) See G 83
4 Wag A wa e eade o a attet at olal eoo 1069076 aed at egteg te owe o e ealtate See Ca Mebao, 27-33.
5 ayua o aga told Wag A ta i aty ote at wa bloked by etal to aed by e o dy, eouato w ate aa ad i oey o be eayageed See G, 548
6 Gayi ad te tee wdo See #8 ote I
7 ei Xiu 797-870) wa a g oal wit ota i Buddi
ile e wa a il o uagbo Xy See C j 128 S Si ( 1037-1 10 1 sh 1056) wa a bilat wte ad
utua leade o te Sog eod wo alo eld g oie adaitaied lk wi Bddt See Cyi Cla, s-f Su ugp . 3-13, 37-39.
9. Sog ia ( 13 0 1381) wa a Coua oa ad eaeo ejiag wo beae oe o u Yuaag e advio
o 1360 owad He wa wel auated wt Buddi adyate owad t See c Mg Bgrph 122531.
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o Tehgs
18 Approaching he Treaury of Ligh(ZBJ 349b)
03
h Bhagav d i h asu f h ga ighf spiiual pws ad wih dual accd, mad
al h pu lads appa alg wih hudds f husadsf ga bdhisavas ad mahsavas hi ams wa Samaabhada, vsal iamd asuaa, P Wsdm d f Awsm u Disim-
a f Suds Pifi Kamic Obsucis ivsaghm, Pf Elighm ad f h Gdad s Tgh h d h as f h gaigh f spiual pws Ah !
his asu f ga lighculd i b ha hBhagav ad h ga bdhsavas hav i, whil al hs bigs hav sha i vhlss, s bigs
miss h slflss lmius awass ad isad accp hgisic awass ha cgs bcs as h w midsF his as (h asu f ligh is ) h pcius asui h p gils hus h bgh jwl i h gam fh dsi bi is ps b h a ma us f i
Al si bgs wiss pfc lighmhsa h wds f Bhagav B mas f his dwm
h ais asil xpicd (lighm). Z masW f Zh Jig2 cald hm sg slavs f ig wdsad picips bsuc hi w fudama mid f sdubig h Bddhas wds ad blivg hm ad ffals alig h sipus hus w ca w ha h waslighd.
Ths i is sad: u a vvd i mial i-
pais appas b u igh h sp Wh hads da ad sag a c f h wh wll u puh salld Bhagav ad all h ga bdhisavas
Yu visid m a Lg Pi as ad vwd ci h Sa f Cmpl lighm is u adi ad ad i ul u had mmid . Oc u hadmmd i, u culd ci wihu dpdig h x
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04 Zbo: Gat Mar hina
Y w abl t advanc pstam at st y ld n thtt thn y pt asd th txt and mmd t, s that y
cld ct t m mmy by ctng t y can accatly mast t by accatly
mastng t y can nt nt t thn s th ally any ds-tnctn btwn th scalld tasy th gat lght spta pws and th Bhagavn and al th gt bdhsattvaswhn y ncnt thm
y can pck thm t thn nthng stands n th way
y sddnly ncntng thm at n mdst lwngwats and wldnss clds n th cty th pach bssmspng. hn y wll b abl t dscss th flwng phass th ld lw ad th d.
w mch tm can th b s th tasy thlght sptal pws s cmplty bd at th gat snd and m thn btt nt t hav bn bn. Wk had
at ths and xnc t!OTS
I Th Bhagav d . . . Bagav a th o Bdda t oig o h Sa o Col ig 842 a-b T ay o ga ligh o iital oi h god o lght o al bg body ad
d a q vy a data aliy .
2 K o h ig 02- 02) tdd i th agogool o Lii Cha S WDHY .
3 a Boo Sg aditoally a idyll a o go th ti ad hao o t od, a i th o o Tao Qia.S igto Pt f Ta Chi'in
19. Caual Condiion for nlighenmenZBJ 350b
h p lng wath. Th walthy lng nb ank.h nblty lng scty and as. hs sc and
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io Teahings 10
a as ong for immoraliy.il do y al a from longing coms aving bi
from bi coms rcs and nobiliy ovry and lo saionscuriy and as and aso al forms of xisnc and suffng,coninuing inxausiby. Trfor if you an o coss sa of suffring you mus ak boa of avng no ongingsOny n can you cimb u ono a o sor.
Bu longing canno nullify islfin odr o nullify longingyou mus ar Pa T Pa canno b ard by isf
r oo you mus dnd on causa condiions o dra youo n i l b ard Causal condions ar uly mor o all buddas acrs o susain snnbngs
Takng maks of goodnss as causa basis mans forxam bodng counnanc of a viuous rson andaving ons mannss and inss sonanously dssolv.
Takng sound as causal basis mans fo xaml mindground oning roug undr mac of a singl ord.Or ings oo can b akn as causal basis acngsof sags gra nlignd acrs good frnds andDarma comanions advs siuaions favorabl siuaionsO ls as a causal basis you can advanc dilignly bing bravand bod ling off your skn for ar sling your bons
for a n drang bood for ink o coy scriurs of Gra icl Tus i is said T sd of nignmnaiss from causa condions
oug al s kinds of causa condiions ar aids oaring Pa mos xcln is as draing bloodfor ink and coying scriurs iving bings cng na-ciousy o bodily form f a iny mosquio bis m y can-
no ovrcom ir annoyanc y ll ry o brus i aayad on so unil y do Muc lss can y sadfaslyndur an of ricking fngr i a sar ndl uni bood os and mind fls sock ill scarcyb asy o s is xclln caus roug o nd unlss yourlongsanding mind of fai is firm and ru and your conscioussciv gos byond ordinary crod.
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06 o Th Last e Z Mate o hina
The veerabe Gaxiu of Tag aid of te Ze mateChuy copyg the ou Sta bood:
He cu h ki o mae he blood floHo paiful ideedHe dd it to copy the epart Spri
Moutai te.Whe the flo from h e figer had dedThe ext a complee i eve crollmog laer eeker of the Dharma
There ere oe ke him
You hould recite thi poem th feeig evea doetime the the cigig to the body il get lighter by elfce cigig o he body ha lighteed thi cripture (youited to copy) oly ome fve houad orho codit be hard to ite it ot
To Layma adeg o ig out he Diamod Sai blood
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Gai (82 2 a a a Jiha i Zhejiag ithay ta ag ks ad i te ey He ded iththe ha teae Shhag Qigh e a el as he
athr the le ey a e Ze M lleSee ZG 76
20: The Ligh of he BuddhaZBJ 50-c
Whe read Zh Qia tralao of the mida Sra
firt came to ko that here are diferece i hecope of the ght tha come from the head of the varioubuddha There are lght ha reach evety fee, light hatreach a mie ight hat reach a hudred mie, ad o o upto light tha reach te of miio of mie ly the ghfrom he head of mida i mo excelet beig ifite
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10
On Se bend Q Xa empe uad Buddaeak e peak a a clff embed w ne cn
anng buddamage e galere wnd bak and re u n man er e e of e buddamage var romarge mal
e pa e Q curer g Senga nved e eeaer adu eure n e Sa f e Budda f nineg eaven wa mved ran dw flwer al aoundn a dream e ourer beeld Budda unenance wen
e awke e dered mage be caed n e mounanacrdng o wa e ad een n e dreamma manmage were made Befre e prje wa cmpeed ecourer ded on w wa prefe f n cnnued aer' nenn and ad cmpleed
om e Q dna o e Yuan dna wa almo aouand ea Dung me empe were bu and uned
Buddm wa repeaedl) bu up and runed all due combna f crcumance
Wen Wuu f e n cuped Se w rope wa abou d bae ad e praed e Budda frmeru ad Wen e o e bale e gave an rder o mmander ang Sne Budda dd n bring meuck bu nead eped e rebe Budda mu be a rebel
We mu deo m o wpe awa ourage ! u alle mage e n e cffae ne weer gea r malme w derun In me cae fragmen f bde ead reman fae r arm maed and ng ere jumbedogeer oe wo ee are addened b
Aug am no uckwed l dae rel n e vngprual ad e Tagaa W a bleng receved n e
prvae rm o enuncle Cang w wm ormerl areda emage vowed o epar e One e enunclegrandon named an eard f m word ad vowedo vlunee mef o underake pre
Ala e Q courer erved e budda Wuu oreem down Wa erved e budda wa mnd wa oreem down wa al md Ued well e lg of mnd) ow
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108 Zbo Th a Ga n Ma of ha
though ten thousand geneations n the oppsite case theevl ils spae the evil epute wil not be wiped away until
space itself s destoyed. We must be caeful with the ight ofmind
Moeove outside o mnd thee is no buddha outside ofbuddha hee is no mind When senimens of mind andbuddha· dissolve, the etena light is eveaed aone and heaccepting mind gives its own sancion his ght has a seveny-foot maniestation and t has a hunded mlion foot mani-
fesation It also has a manifestation that eaches to nfinitelands t is not that the paths of the buddhas ae difeen i isthat the vows they have undeaen with causal onditions aenot he same
aiyn has come befoe me who am a ma of east west,south and noth who come and go with no fied pattenSo I have povisionally witten this to beuea to him that
he may eet hmsef in hs wok
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i Qian: a entra Aan orn in Cna e oed at J anye(ankng n e id-trd enty ranaing Bddt et aongte te Valar tra (T 44 and e Aida ra T 6
Mt e n Jang inyi a ity in oteat andongn te elt entry t a a one o ltay onit beteen teJin to te nor and te otern ong
Mng engao lved in te i enry: brote ereiliay governo nder e Li ong ege and te aiy reanedpoinent nder e Qi regie i replaed it n 49 W p 649
4 W a te ot on o te onder o te Jren Jn
dynaty Akta o te Wenyan an d Ater tang Kaiengte ong aptal in 26 e Jin n beent year etabled teirre over nor Cna and ontned to p iiary pere on eoe ong W a knon or poe n ar and ledany apaign agant e ong. W, p 262.
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Zibo Tahig I0
21 nering Through he Sene(ZBJ pp. 35c·d)
W i One Mind unbn, beng nd ningne re nin ppinuch le i ere peeiver
Even nce ne ind i brn he ix ene cule reledy prvided. i n pble hve enry (n enligh-enen by bndning hee herere when he peecedpeple expund he Tecing hey y expn i wh e
ngue, h cn be eneed vi he er, r hey y explin wi he bdy, h i n be enered vi he eye Ungee nd l he ene uie rding e urrundinghey pen p i ubey wih cnn pern hey ke ini vel
i being , l hing re e rk e Thg 'ng brd ngue I d ng, deep eeing weing nd
chdng, hrn re nd ree beuy, gwn nd cp rend uc, dru nd lue, drinkng, eing ex, rig ndwrng, gd nd evil, he lh wepn e r dne,ilen iy re niy rbn qure Wheer ne henry r de n depend n hw ne he (Bddh nguein l ee )
Wn Li - ( 1 53), prng, hid n, eeven dy.
The evening un i n he pekve ke rzen bluehe epy hll i like irrrhe ind eye cer nd edy
J hen M i ce in de rl bw nd d (repr h he nk in chrge vegerin e d pken
expunding he hr wih he bdy he eye n er nd expunding he hr wih he ngue e er cn eei ncnciuly e ee nd very hppy nd id: Indeedi n be id h y dicpe knw hw lk!
On h i in ve ken up he bruh wrie hi dwnin rder enlrge upn enng.
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bo: The Ge M o Chn
NOTE
I he gs g r gue Oigy e f e hiyw uspis mks e ud is me e ke rersese s syml f he iversiy d e mifrmiy eehig f egheme G, 80 es Wu y ( 4e ehe f uwu grder h A e dds fe e es e sx gees rhs d he wrdseghee ehes she hs ge Oy f y rege isgue wl y e pe f gre empyig e y wl syh mus rives d e gre eh e gsses ees fress e . If yu hve regze his guei ss ms pey empyg yu g eeivig yursel
22: A Dream a DaybreakZB, pp 35d)
Te ge ebed l by to peet teeyd ogdog. Te et ee ded gudg
pple t to d off demo d otdeu ete ody o ge you do ot moe out
om t tee tp of teey ogdog delo,d eto fom ely ee f you e ome ube
peepto t ot te oet b fo egeme).Teefoe Ze mte Hu of Ytou d: Jut ompeedte gudg ppe fudmetly ee o e Dm.
Te ye e ome d goeBudd f y. Tetudet ey ppe. Eeyee te oe fok togeted folo te od bbblg ofo. f tey eoue dept tey bg up eo of te Ge M g Code dege te me odg to te bbe: ee you ee e Bdd ome g, yo od l e o py temout o mu te oe fo de of mll ute
Altoug t o te me o l you uded temte tem of od?
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Joy in heaven ha an endSuffen amon human i inexhauibeA hunded yea le a deam a daybeao dependn on wain up o be empty
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l l
I Ya 828887 was e te great a tees, a se Des a aja (78 86) ad a ew stet wth Xeeg
Y See B ases 51 ad 66 a gahy , 1 6 aB, 455-56
23: Discipine Tha LiberaesZZ-ZBJ pp 352d353a)
Food and ex ae he ea deie of human bein Theefoe f people can cub the eat deie then they can
be told about the path of upeme enlihtenmentBut the ea deie ae hade to conto han poionou
daon o wld tie Accodnly nea he end of h fethe Buddha wa aed by nanda, Afte the Buddha demiewhat can he mon, nun aymen, and laywomen tae a
thei teache The Tahata commanded Afte my deceae,a thoe who ae my diciple houd ae the compehenvedicipine of bein libeated fom all attachment rmok$0)a you teache f you can do th hen it wi l be no diffeentfom when wa ayin n the wod.2
iewin thin accodin o thi ince we ae Buddhadcipe how ould we dae not o uphold prtmok? hee
day we ae fa fom the me of Buddha. t i not only themon n emote hdeaway who do no folow method ofdiciplineeven in famou Buddhit cente they dont nowwhat prtmok$0 How ad!
When one mind pue and cean, he oo of diciplinei fundamentay leaned When one mind i empy andtil the wate of concenation i fundamentaly ceaed
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1 1 2 ibo e s Grea e Mat of Cha
Wn n's mnd is torougy ilmintd t ligt f wisdmis rond nd full
A mmnt f ngt, n unlld for fod wnsswt w l nnt dsplin, onntrtn nd wsdomr ost in duson nd bom rving ng, nd gnnFrom tn n, from birt to dt, from dt to birt dtftr dt, bit ftr brt ty wppd p ontinuoslyin t wb f tir dds, rising nd fllng witout onstnywring sls o slls o ftrs r fur, dv's p r
umns lts myrid nds f suffrng nd plsrr ll lld ignorn Ts t sying f y submissivlyflow ignorn, you f nto t vrous stts of bingIf y d n sbmissivly fllow t stts of bng r tff s bng so, tn ignorn nd wisdom r lik onnd t sm ingr bing rld p or tndd
Wt gt ll oms from my own mindow ould I b
sing som tr powr? I t dpnds on wtr or nt tprsn n ustin s wil ing I f ty tmsvs tully grt dvlp t mind f nligtnmnt vn y ignorntpol, wo jst know o dink w sty, wn ungry,nd f ttrtd to t ppst son ty iv twlng mnd tn ty n us tis t disvr tt body dosnot xist nd mind is only nm Wn w librtd in
rspt t bdy nd mnd, dvrs nd fvorbl sittionsnd l t myrd dffrns ll mit t ligt f r wnmind At tis pnt tr is no pl to put wisdom' muss gnorn'
s do know t tr n ignrn pl or wspoplit's ust mttr f wtr or nt ty dvop tmind wilng t ln nligtnmnt) us vn knwldgblpopl, if ty v nt dvlpd t wiling mind, nodiffnt frm xn oss
o tos psnt r I sy You sold no ngr dssswt yu v don in t pst Sin yo v ldgd you-slvs to b Bddist monks yu must tgr onr tBdd's mmnds Rfus ntt wit wmn nd dntlt tm ntr t monstry Wn wmn d nt ntr t
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Zbo eahig 1 1 3
maey, e arace virue wil be pure ad arreaciad e eam ad e wl em l e dead will dbi i d place ad e ivi will e al d ue ee are e lie viai Budda cmmad edead wil a urer ad e liv wl peri
e eac ad every e yu pree ere e kw dad bad: yu uld ake prtmok�a a yur eacer 'be lay d eave a eacy eri r laer
T e aembly mk aue Sa Si
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I Dicle tat Libeae e te r iciie prtmk$aea trggg iberat' ibea i evey arcuar'
SY . 1 . e prmka regati ae aid e ecda e raajla Sa (21, w a te rt�a Sra.S 266, 5
2 ea te e i le, te udda wa aked by ada . a cee te Mahparra Stra ( 5 SeeMcizui, 25 08
. Dcile cceta a w ee are te tradial
tee tue' ddi SY 8.
24: How and hen to Travel(ZBJ p. 34d)
Yu wi ave er pace i i realy a d
Traci i back acie me al e wbecame ea vee e ama i ei w me, e did cme r rm rave e de ravel all ve e ae eieed eacer uderr ude er amme ad i i mpbe becme a vee
everee yu eed alway avel ad eve ay
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1 1 4 Zb: h a Gea Ze Ma ha
anyhre nor houd yo alay ay pu and nr rael u go hn you hould go and ay hn you huld ay
Whn hould yu g Mayb hn you ar eaing yourl and dllng dy hn yu ar indulgng yur nimenand giing re rin your dire. H cud you ay andn g
Whn hould you ay Mayb hn you ha m a eacherih ringn mhod a prual riend ho li up hru corrc Pah coud yu g and n ay
rm your ipn yu cnidr h cnun ordynangemen ncompable h h Buddha harma youplan abandon hm and e lhre Li do yu nha Buddha Dharma and orldly hing ar xra ha hanohing a al do ih your n Br ac he conuin,urn yur had arund and rr yur bran, and ee ha ulimaly Dn ard i o a orldy nanglemn and
don grap he undrandng o i a Buddha Dharma Aera lng im yu l uddny ha inigh hn h r rdubld
hugh yu h o go raling n o your eingmind do no ca i hough ind o obc angl nconuion, oday in n dirc mrro in anhr, runningouh and running nrh, ey arng hungrly mind racing
on and n uni yur hair urn heyu l ner uccedYou mu pre dn he cloud and ca ade yur liA you pa hrough diicule and dangr you ac mub i ca iron A you ncouner pleaur and y yurmnd purpo mu be made o pure el Mind don' rachobjec bjc dn reach mind. you ar l hi yu arn ome meaur ualied ra on oo
25: The Value of AdveriyZBJ pp. 358cd)
Th oring o mind ha n conancy conrolling hmi up h pron you conro mnd h he por o
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Zibo eahig 1 5
t at o do not pa atnon to s and poft If oontol mind b man o sss and profit, o do no paattntion to mani and igtosnss raing ba wat tat from tog t pod dffrnl, ntr tpow o at nor sss and poft is bond ons ownmind. dvrgn is in wat t will is plad on
Wn t powr of t at ontrols t mind vrtingi a stppngston vn bng obbd and mratd. Wnss and proit ontro t mind vrtng s a a o
alam, vn glor and onor Wn a of alarm distrbt mnd, spiri s awa robld: al t mo so wnon obbd or mistratd s a prson tding Patonidr t bst l to b in nwid for sitation. Ifon dos no awan amid ti grat good l, bt ratroat along psing objt, ti s alld dimming t mindA prson wos mind i dmmd, vn f in dal ona wt
sags and sants, is no diffrnt fom a blind man wo tns t dad of nigt vn tog brigt sn s abov i ad
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32: Urency(ZBJ 37
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n our lauae Vairoaa mea i in everywere ' ave alway ake o ear. Sine i ay a
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f ou a al o find ugn n oing os mind ' uou do no knw w mind is, can md acuall b
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128 Zibo: e t et Zen t f Chin
tis (sud of Mnd If ou ave clearl understood ts Mindten ou can be a Confucian, a Buddist or a aois. If ou
do not undersand tis ten ou are not a rel Conucian ora real aois or a rea Buddist You sould work on it !
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35 A Talk to the Assembly on New Year's EveZBJ pp 380b38a)
Everone toda is te last da of te ear.
n te coor of te plum blossoms
A new ear is addedn te sound of firecrackerse od ear wanes
ask eac of ou to stll te mind linked o objects and truear tese lines spoken b Ciun.
n general people do not consider birt and deat urgente are busied, pressed on interruped, scattered and blocked
b concerns over wealt and rank.Among umans, te pnnace of wealt and rank is e
monarc Among te gods, is te maevara e supremeruler. But wen ter good fortune runs out and te signsof declne appear ter reinue departs and teir majestdwindes. Wen te demon of dea appears before tem of
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course the want to act the master forcib but ater enointheir fools paradise for so lon, what can the do about uneel-in impermanence, which directl summons them to depart?When the reach this point in time, the are no diferent romthe common people
Cun saw rht before his ees feows who ather toetherto sharpen ther teeth chattern about word advantaeOne and al the whol focus ther minds and wils on successand fame and weath and rank as the ultmate standards
onin and dreamin o these the wl not stop unti therdesres are fuf ed l n the ast analss, human monarchs andthe rulers of the ods are ust modes o ths sort ow muchthe sufer as the exhaust their spirits pursun the waveswastin a whoe lfetme
here s another sort whom wealth and rank cannot trapWhat the cherish is a sense of ease and reease so that the
can mod their feelns nto somethn loft and noble ttledo the reae the mitations of this Amon ods andhumans, none is more ree and at ease than the sprt mmortalsridin the wnd back and forth, the travel ten thousand milesn the blink o an ee whatever ther minds turn toward,everthin is as the wish But one da the reward (of this fefades awa and the snk down into brth and death Amon
al ther former spiritua powers and maica transformations,rom all their faun freedoms, there is not one thin to relon Accordn to their deeds, the are subject to sufferinjust lke the pis and dos hus the repa the debts of therdeeds
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ths when the meet the ast da o their lives Concernin thosewho are poor and lowl and those who are harried and pressed,what more needs to be said? his is the pattern of suerinand o within the triple word
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dsi you los yourslf in dlusion and pursu things f youcan consum dsir thn nohng can tun you aound husth saying you can transform dsirs you ar th sam asth tathgatas
Onc odinay popl com nvovd in th ams ofdsi all thy know is th dsird ojct thy do not nowthmslvs Only h sags a without dsi amidst dsir
Thus thy can mak th myriad things suly wondous whouing ntangd y thm
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34 Zbo The Gre Zen Mste of hn
h buddha bdy Basd n h cnvnna ruh, y arriva h ral rh Th achivmn s lfy spanning h sky
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38 Reciting the Buddha-ame(ZBJ pp. 384cd)
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Zibo Teags 135
s dul just t th uddhnm Zo sd Whn out th uddhnm, th nutons o not Th
monk sd Whn I los m s nd s ts fogottnZo gv mght shout nd sd
If ou t th uddhnm lk hs fogttng s soons ou los ou s thn t wont do n good to t fotn thousnd s Fom now on ou must t th uddhnm wthout ntuton whn slng nd dmng onlhn w ou qufd to s suffng f ou nno
t h uddhnm wh slng nd dmng f oufogt t thn s soon s ou on ou s th ngstts gn
Go fo Buddh nd knok ou hd on h gound unt th ood fows Rt th uddhnm hs thousndo tn thousnd tms not stong untl ou hv usd ouwhol stngh f ou do ths twnt o tht tms wl
nul om to ht mmn o uddh s unnutd mds h gt dk sl
Now ol n th wod who t h uddhnm mdo so fo wn o tht s somtms th t huddhnm h whol lvs Bu whn th h h tmwhn th fng dth t l ts no us hs s usn sl nd d ms fo ths th th hd no mmn
Humn lf s k ng wk Dh s lk dmngThus ol who hv mmn of uddh n dms ntull untud whn fng dth
9 Rciting th Buddha-Nam TruyB pp. 384d-385)
Th mthod of tng th uddhnm s th smlstnd mos onvnnt But mn of h ol who
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136 Zbo: h Las Grea Z Ma of China
n te Westen Paadse ase temselves on ts one aseAmda Budda to coss te sea o sueng
Wat s te key test o ete te mnds ae genune onot as tey ecte te uddaname? We get te oo entey ae ay o annoyed: ete te mds ae tue oalse can e udged cealy. Genealy eole o ecte teuddaname t a mnd tat s genune ae sue to keeectng t tout nteuton le tey ae ay o annoyedBecause o ts nete aness no annoyance can move
tem Snce nete vexaton no joy can move em natualytey ae not alamed at scenes o deat and t ese dayseole ecte te uddaname ut en te least joy o angeases Amd a Budda s tossed to te ack o te mnds ocan tey get te stual eect o ectng te uddaname?
I you ecte te uddaname as ecommend you le ae not to gnoe ts ase Amda Budda at unctues
o ate and ove In you esent day actvtes you ll gette use o t and en you ae acng te end yo ll e eonn te Westen aadse t s not so my tongue s sue to ot you do not ate aodng to my meto ten etngte uddaname ll ave no stua eectte ault lest you, t as no connecton to me
40: Reciting DhraZBJ pp 38Sab)
Peoles conscous mnds ave een mxed t sensoyacton o a long tme and dont kno o to etun
to te ass you ant to mege t engtened natue gtamdst sensoy alctons you sould aval ouse o te
actce o ectng das ee s moe tan one metodo dong ts ut o could any e ette tan te esotecass o te tatgatas te da o total comand?
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Zib Tahing 13
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ontmpl th mind rom th mnd onmp th nWhn th pur nrg of h ho bod snt ons ih
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pt dne tr wl lt f tue n t ete n prn fr enlgtenmn nn ut e dturd w dp nern ur Budd.
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gvrnmen rv t men nd pttng tem n rgf te m enttn f t et lk putngut fre wt t lm n nre Wn mnk rent mned n te tr f dnn te dnt vnknw Budd' wrd w uld t knw t Bdd'mnd? e mnk wtt knwng te Budd' mndw u mnk n dffrn fm mmn pern?
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43: Four Accomplishments of thenlightened Teachers
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concns a shalow Th faaching s had to gimps hshalow is asy to s hus on who consds t advantagosto b a tyant dos no want to b a t king. On who considsbing a king advanagous dos not want to b a buddha
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Zib aching 45
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