Titlebook: Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition; Hisamatsu’s Talks on Christopher Ives (Professor of Religious Studies), Book 2002 Palgrave Macmillan

DEAF

In one episode of the ., Linji visits a temple named Dinglin-si to pay his respects at a stone erected in memory of Bodhidharma.

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DAUNT

Gestaltungsparameter des Wissenstransfers,One episode in the Discourse section of the . revolves around the “meaning. of the Founder’s coming from the west.” I want to discuss this today.

PRO

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-11793-3Recently I have been giving talks on passages of the . that I find especially interesting. I will continue doing so throughout this retreat, and today I’d like to focus on an early section of the text, in which a lecture-master asks Linji about the Three Vehicles’ twelve divisions of teachings. Let me start by reading their dialogue.

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There’s Nothing Special in the Buddha-DharmaSince the fall retreat, I have been lecturing on the .. Today I want to take up the “Record of Pilgrimages” section of the text. To understand Linji and his record, we need to grasp what motivated him to begin his study of Zen, and what kind of satori he attained.

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After Realizing the Great Block of AwakeningLinji went and questioned Huangbo three times, only to be struck three times. Unable to awaken through Huangbo’s blows, Linji went to Dayu as instructed. It was there that he suddenly changed and awakened to the Linji who is the True Person of Zen.