The Reading:
Hyakujo (Baizhang) taught Isan (Guishan). Isan (Guishan) taught Kyozan (Yangshan).
From Zen and Zen Classics"
Guishan said to Yangshan, "The Nirvana Sutra has about forty chapters of the Buddha's teaching; how many of these are devil teachings?" Yangshan said, "All of them." Guishan said, "From now on nobody will be able to do what he likes with you." Yangshan said, "From now on what should be my mode of life?" Guishan said, "I admire your just eye [Dharma Eye?]; I am not concerned about the practical side of the matter."
and
Yangshan once returned to Guishan to interview him, Guishan said to him, "You are now called a good and clever teacher. How can you distinguish between those who come from all parts and know It, and those who don't know it; the Masters who have inherited It, and those who have not; the profound learning, and the (mere) meaning learning. Explain and let me hear." Yangshan replied, "Yangshan has had this experience. When monks come from all directions, he raises his mosquito-flapper, and asks them if This is expounded where they come from or not. Further, he says to them, leaving this aside, 'What are the old Masters where you come from teaching?'" Guishan admired him and said, "This has always bee the claw and fang of our sect."
Discussion:
Claw and fang. If someone does not present these teeth and claws then they are no follower of the Bodhidharma lineage.
Hyakujo (Baizhang) taught Isan (Guishan). Isan (Guishan) taught Kyozan (Yangshan).
Guishan said to Yangshan, "The Nirvana Sutra has about forty chapters of the Buddha's teaching; how many of these are devil teachings?" Yangshan said, "All of them." Guishan said, "From now on nobody will be able to do what he likes with you." Yangshan said, "From now on what should be my mode of life?" Guishan said, "I admire your just eye [Dharma Eye?]; I am not concerned about the practical side of the matter."
and
Yangshan once returned to Guishan to interview him, Guishan said to him, "You are now called a good and clever teacher. How can you distinguish between those who come from all parts and know It, and those who don't know it; the Masters who have inherited It, and those who have not; the profound learning, and the (mere) meaning learning. Explain and let me hear." Yangshan replied, "Yangshan has had this experience. When monks come from all directions, he raises his mosquito-flapper, and asks them if This is expounded where they come from or not. Further, he says to them, leaving this aside, 'What are the old Masters where you come from teaching?'" Guishan admired him and said, "This has always bee the claw and fang of our sect."
Discussion:
Claw and fang. If someone does not present these teeth and claws then they are no follower of the Bodhidharma lineage.
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