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Baizhang's teachings and sayings have been translated by Thomas Cleary in ''Sayings and Doings of Pai-Chang''.[7] The Wild fox koan is attributed to Baizhang. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baizhang_Huaihai Source Accessed July 15, 2021]) | Baizhang's teachings and sayings have been translated by Thomas Cleary in ''Sayings and Doings of Pai-Chang''.[7] The Wild fox koan is attributed to Baizhang. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baizhang_Huaihai Source Accessed July 15, 2021]) | ||
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1. Heine, Steven, and Dale Wright. ''Zen Masters''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 7.<br> | 1. Heine, Steven, and Dale Wright. ''Zen Masters''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 7.<br> | ||
2. Heine & Wright 2010, pp. 10-15.<br> | 2. Heine & Wright 2010, pp. 10-15.<br> |
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PersonType | Category:Classical Chinese Authors |
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MainNamePhon | Baizhang Huaihai |
MainNameChi | 百丈懷海 |
MainNamePin | Bǎizhàng Huáihái |
SortName | Baizhang |
bio | Baizhang Huaihai (Chinese: 百丈懷海; pinyin: Bǎizhàng Huáihái; Wade-Giles: Pai-chang Huai-hai; Japanese: Hyakujō Ekai) (720–814) was a Zen master during the Tang Dynasty. A native of Fuzhou, he was a dharma heir of Mazu Daoyi (Wade-Giles: Ma-tsu Tao-i).[1] Baizhang's students included Huangbo, Linji and Puhua.
Hagiographic depictions of Baizhang depict him as a radical and iconoclastic figure, but these narratives derive from at least a century and a half after his death and were developed and elaborated during the Song dynasty.[2] As Mario Poceski writes, the earliest strata of sources (such as the Baizhang guanglu 百丈廣錄 ) about this figure provide a "divergent image of Baizhang as a sophisticated teacher of doctrine, who is at ease with both the philosophical and contemplative aspects of Buddhism."[3] Poceski summarizes this figure thus:
Regarding his teachings, Poceski notes:
One of his doctrinal innovations is what are called the “three propositions” (sanju), which are three distinct stages of spiritual realization or progressive ways of knowing:[6]
Baizhang's teachings and sayings have been translated by Thomas Cleary in Sayings and Doings of Pai-Chang.[7] The Wild fox koan is attributed to Baizhang. (Source Accessed July 15, 2021) notes: 1. Heine, Steven, and Dale Wright. Zen Masters. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 7. |
YearBirth | 720 |
YearDeath | 814 |
IsInGyatsa | No |
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