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Huineng by hi joiney
(1942, ‘Biography br The two primary sources for Huineng s life are the preface to the Platform Sutra and the Transmission of the Lamp br Huineng was born into the Lu family in 638 A D in the town of Xing in Guangdong province His father died when he was young and his family was poor so he did not have the chance to learn to read or write He may have been a Hmong or a Miao One day while he was delivering firewood to an inn he heard a guest reciting the Diamond Sutra and he had an awakening He immediately decided to seek the Way of Buddhahood The guest gave him ten taels of silver to provide for his mother and Huineng embarked on his journey After travelling for thirty days on foot Huineng arrived at Huang Mei Mountain where the Fifth Patriarch Hongren presided br From the first chapter of the Platform Sutra br I then went to pay homage to the Patriarch and was asked where I came from and what I expected to get from him I replied I am a commoner from Hsin Chou of Kwangtung I have travelled far to pay you respect and I ask for nothing but Buddhahood You are a native of Kwangtung a barbarian How can you expect to be a Buddha asked the Patriarch I replied Although there are northern men and southern men north and south make no difference to their Buddha nature A barbarian is different from Your Holiness physically but there is no difference in our Buddha nature br Hongren immediately asked him to do chores in the rice mill Huineng stayed to chop wood and pound rice for eight months br Becoming the Sixth Patriarch br The Sixth Patriarch Cutting a Bamboo by Liang Kai br One day Hongren announced br The question of incessant rebirth is a momentous one Day after day instead of trying to free yourselves from this bitter sea of life and death you seem to go after tainted merits only i e merits which will cause rebirth Yet merits will be of no help if your Essence of Mind is obscured Go and seek for Prajna wisdom in your own mind and then write me a stanza gatha about it He who understands what the Essence of Mind is will be given the robe the insignia of the Patriarchate and the Dharma the ultimate teaching of the Chn school and I shall make him the Sixth Patriarch Go away quickly br Delay not in writing the stanza as deliberation is quite unnecessary and of no use The man who has realized the Essence of Mind can speak of it at once as soon as he is spoken to about it and he cannot lose sight of it even when engaged in battle br However the disciples said to each other that they didn t need to write any gathas and that surely their teacher and head monk Venerable Shenxiu would become the Sixth Patriarch So only Shenxiu wrote a gatha for Hongren As the head monk Shenxiu was well respected and under great pressure to produce a gatha that would qualify him as the next patriarch However he was uncertain as to his own understanding and eventually decided to write a poem anonymously on the wall in the middle of the night announcing his authorship only if Hongren approved It stated br The body is a Bodhi tree br the mind a standing mirror bright br At all times polish it diligently br and let no dust alight br When the disciples saw this gatha on the wall there was a great stir When Hongren saw it he told them Practice according to this gatha you will not fall into the evil realms and you will receive great benefits Light incense and pay respect to this gatha recite it and you will see your essential nature All the disciples praised and memorized the gatha br However privately Hongren told Shenxiu You have arrived at the gate but haven entered it With this level of understanding you still have no idea what the supreme Bodhi mind is Upon hearing my words you should immediately recognize the original mind the essential nature which is unborn and unceasing At all times see it clearly in every thought with the mind free from all hindrances In the One Reality everything is real and all phenomena are just as they are br Hongren asked Shenxiu to compose another gatha that demonstrated true understanding Shenxiu tried hard but couldn come up with another verse br When a young novice passed the rice mill chanting Shenxiu s gatha Huineng immediately knew this verse lacked true insight He went to the wall and asked a district officer there to write a poem of his own for him The officer was surprised How extraordinary You are illiterate and you want to compose a poem Whereupon Huineng said If you seek supreme enlightenment do not slight anyone The lowest class may have great insights and the highest class may commit foolish acts In veneration the officer wrote Huineng gatha on the wall for him next to Shenxiu s which stated br Bodhi originally has no tree br The bright mirror also has no stand br Fundamentally there is not a single thing br Where could dust arise br br br br br Huineng then went back to rice pounding However this gatha created a bigger stir everyone was saying Amazing You can judge a person by his looks Maybe he will become a living bodhisattva soon However when the alarmed Hongren came out he just casually said This hasn seen the essential nature either and proceeded to wipe the gatha off with his shoe br One night Hongren received Huineng in his abode and expounded the Diamond Sutra to him When he came to the passage to use the mind yet be free from any attachment Huineng came to great enlightenmenthat all dharmas are inseparable from the self nature He exclaimed How amazing that the self nature is originally pure How amazing that the self nature is unborn and undying How amazing that the self nature is inherently complete How amazing that the self nature neither moves nor stays How amazing that all dharmas come from this self nature br Hongren told Huineng If one recognizes the original mind and the original nature he is called a great man teacher of gods and humans and a Buddha He passed the robe and begging bowl as a symbol of the Dharma Seal of Sudden Enlightenment to Huineng br Although this story is as clearly stated as it can be it should also be noted that Huineng was not permitted to make himself known as the Sixth Patriarch until later on This was due to the fear that his fellow monks might be angered that he had been made the Sixth Patriarch and not Shenxiu or one of the other monks who had seniority over him br Quotes br When alive one keeps sitting without lying down When dead one lies without sitting up In both cases a set of stinking bones What has it do with the great lesson of life With those who are sympathetic Let us have discussion on Buddhism As for those whose point of view differs from ours Let us treat them politely and thus make them happy But disputes are alien to our School For they are incompatible with its doctrine br After death br The mummified body of Huineng is kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan Prefecture northern Guandong br Huineng s body was seen by the Jesuit Matteo Ricci who visited Nanhua Temple in 1589 Ricci told the European readers the story of Huineng in a somewhat garbled form describing him as somewhat akin to a Christian ascetic Ricci names him Lusu i e The Sixth Patriarch br Notes br Pine 2006 br ed Beijing China http www guoxue com fxyj jdcdl jdcd_005 htm Retrieved 25 March 2009 160 br Stirling 2006 pg ix br Watts 1962 pp 111 113 br Images of Huineng s temple and Mummy br De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas Book Three Chapter 1 Pages 222 224 in the English translation Louis J Gallagher 1953 China in the Sixteenth Century The Journals of Matteo Ricci Random House New York 1953 The Latin original text De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas suscepta ab Societate Jesu can be found on Google Books br See also br Hong Yi br List of buddhist poems br References br Pine Red The Platform Sutra The Zen Teaching of Hui Neng 2006 Counterpoint ISBN 1 59376 177 5 br Stirling Isabel Zen Pioneer The Life amp Works of Ruth Fuller Sasaki 2006 Shoemaker amp Hoard ISBN 978 1 59376 110 3 br Watts Alan W The Way of Zen 1962 Great Britain Pelican books ISBN 0140205470 br External links br Wikimedia Commons has media related to Huineng br more images of Huineng s mummy br Legends in Chan the Northern Southern Split Hui neng and the Platform Sutra br Platform Sutra of Hui Neng br The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch the text of the Tung Huang Manuscript translated by Philip B Yampolsky introduction and notes omitted br Hui Neng Page br Buddhist titles br Preceded 160 by br Hongren br Zen patriarch Shnhu lineage br Succeeded 160 by br Heze Shenhui br St Zen patriarch br Succeeded 160 by br Qingyuan Xingsi br Rinzai Zen patriarch br Succeeded 160 by br Nanyue Huairang br v 160 160 d 160 160 e br Buddhism topics br Foundations br Three Jewels Buddha 160 Dharma 160 Sangha 160 Four Noble Truths 160 Noble Eightfold Path 160 Nirvana 160 Middle Way br The Buddha br Tathgata 160 Birthday 160 Four sights 160 Physical characteristics 160 Footprint 160 Iconography 160 Films 160 Miracles 160 Family Suddhodana father 160 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