Nanyue Huairang
Nanyue Huairang (南嶽懷讓) (677–744). A Chan master from during the Tang dynasty and a teacher of Mazu Daoyi.
He was a native of Jinzhou (金州), in present-day Shaanxi (陝西)[1] or Shandong[2] province. His family name was originally Du 杜, and he was commonly known as Nanyue Huairang.[1]
According to tradition, he became a monk at 15 years of age and studied under the sixth patriarch Huineng for eight years.[1]
- At his first interview with Huineng, he was asked the question "For what thing have you come?", to which he answered "Just at the moment you define the single thing, is the moment you lose it" 說示一物卽不中.[1]
In 714 he moved to Banyao temple in Nanyue, where he remained for some 30 years. During this time he gained fame as a meditation master, such that later on a Chan teaching style, called ' Nanyue ' would develop. He passed away in 744 and was given the posthumous title of Dahui 大慧.[1]
He had six major disciples, the most prominent of whom was Mazu Daoyi.[1]
Further reading
Nanyue Huairang, Wikipedia
南嶽懷讓, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 南嶽懷讓, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Nanyue Huairang