The Great Hui Sect's Zen Master is the 12th generation of the Linji Sect, the 5th generation ancestor of the Yang Qi Sect, and the dharma heir of the Yuanwu Keqin Ancestor. He made the Zen method of "looking at the head of the talk" a big practice and made an indelible contribution to the "Rejuvenation of Linji". At the same time, he put forward the Zen idea that "Bodhi is loyalty", which was assigned by Qin Ju for opposing the killing of Yue Fei, and was called "Chivalrous Monk" (The Hero of Zen Monks) by Zhu Xi, a giant Confucian of a generation. Today, I will recount the deeds of Master Zonggao and learn some of his Zen methods.
1. Practice diligently and preach the Fa on the Tao.
Emperor Dahui Zonggao (gǎo, 1089–1163), commonly known as Xi (奚), courtesy name Miaoxi, was a native of Ningguo, Xuanzhou (Anhui), and the heir of the Yangqi sect of Linji during the Southern Song Dynasty. At the age of 12, he entered the Huiyun Monastery under the Zen master Hui qi and was ordained at jingdeoksa Temple the following year.
Zong Gao was outstanding at a young age, and "the spirit root is long-lived, and the wisdom is born of knowledge". He has visited Dongshan Wei and Baofeng Zhantang successively, and he has not been enlightened for a long time. Zen master ZhanTang was very serious about him, but he often rebuked him for "being sick in consciousness, and understanding is the obstacle of knowing." ”
In the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Xuanhe of Song (1126), Zong Gao studied under the Zen master Keqin. One day, Zen Master Keqin held up the public case of Yunmen Wenyan Zen Master "Dongshan Water And Water Upward Movement", and asked Zong Gao to take over the transfer, Zong Gao painstakingly studied for a year, and made forty-nine transliterations that did not agree.
Later, Master Keqin cited the same Zen case again, and Zong Gao realized something, but Keqin said that he was "unclear about Dafa" and refused to give him a seal many times. Later, Zushi often held up a conversation to interrogate Zong Gao, and every time he was about to open his mouth to answer, Master Keqin immediately interrupted him and said, "No! No! ”
One day, Zen Master Keqin accompanied the officials and guests to dinner, and Zong Gao also accompanied him. Because he was still participating in the public case in his heart, he held the chopsticks in his hand but forgot to eat, and he was in a daze there. As soon as Grandmaster Keqin saw it, he laughed and teased him, and Zong Gao took the opportunity to beg the teacher to teach the Fa.
Zen Master Keqin gave a question and answer from his former teacher: "I asked: 'There is a sentence without a sentence, such as a vine leaning on a tree, what is the meaning?' Zu Yue: "You can't draw it, and you can't paint it." He also asked, 'What happens when a tree falls and the vines wither?' Zu Yue: "Come with you." ’”
Zong Gao listened, and suddenly realized that all doubts were immediately relieved! He said with great joy, "Teacher, I will!" Master Keqin even counted several public cases to investigate him, and Zong Gao was able to deal with it without hindrance. Zen Master Keqin clapped his hands and congratulated, "I know that I am not deceived!" ”
After Master Zonggao had fully realized this, Zen Master Keqin delivered the Book of The True Sect of Linji to Master Zonggao, and ordered him to divide the disciples. In the first year of Shaoxing (1131), the Keqin Zen master who was born in the dragon and elephant generation made Zong Gao the first monk and the first disciple under the throne.
Since the age of 37, when he became enlightened, soon, Zen master Zonggao, with his transcendent wisdom, sharp wit, and agile eloquence, was revered by the jungle and famous in Kyoto, and was admired by both monks and laymen. After that, Zen master Zong Gao traveled to Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, And Guangdong and Fujian to humbly study the true meaning of Buddhism of various sects and schools, set up an altar to give lectures, and carefully lectured on the Fa.
At the time of the establishment of the nunnery in Changle Yangyu, Fujian Province, there were only 53 scholars under the door, and after Zong Gao's "Zen Method of Seeing the Conversation" and confirmed by the wisdom of Master Zong Gao, 13 people became enlightened within 50 days, which is very rare ~ the master's "Zen of Seeing Words" is as clever as it is.
In the first year of Jing Kang (1126), the imperial court heard of the prestige of The Zen Master zonggao and gave him a set of purple clothes and the title of "Master of the Buddha's Day". In the seventh year of Shaoxing Shaoxing (1137), at the request of Zhang Junzhi, the abbot of Zonggao, YuhangJingshan Nengren Temple, with a large number of monks to more than 1,700 people, gathered at one time, and the Zongfeng was greatly encouraged, known as "Linji Zaixing." ”
Second, because of the letter against the persecution of Yue Fei, the lack of attachment to the Lord, and the misery of the exile, the wisdom of "Bodhi is loyalty and righteousness" is said.
"Bodhi is faithfulness", this is the wisdom of the Great Wisdom Sect Zen Master for future generations. At that time, the Jin State repeatedly invaded the Great Song Dynasty, although it was a person outside the party, but Master Zonggao always paid attention to the overall situation of the rise and fall of the country. Ten years after Shaoxing, Yue Fei was summoned back by the twelve gold medals of the imperial court and deposed and imprisoned. Zen Master Zonggao was just and righteous, constantly writing letters to fight, and his words were fierce, which caused great dissatisfaction and jealousy among Qin Ju, who advocated peace.
In the same year, the attendant Zhang Jiucheng ascended the path mountain, and Zong Gao discussed with him the meaning of "Gewu Zhizhi" in the "University", and married Jiucheng as a guest of fangwai. In May of the 11th year of Shaoxing, Jiucheng went up to the trail mountain again to ask Zong Gao Zen Master, and when talking about current affairs and political situations, Zong Gao Zen Master wrote a poem with a stroke of his pen:
"The arm of God bows a shot,
Through the heavy armor,
Looking down at the monks,
When very smelly leather socks! ”
The meaning is that the Song general Han Shizhong made a "bow to defeat the enemy" in preparation for breaking the gold. When Qin Ju heard about it, he was furious, believing that this was an allusion to his surrender and peace talks, so he listed Zhang Jiucheng and Zong Gao as accusing them of "slandering the government" and persecuted them. In the winter of that year, Yue Fei was killed on the charge of "false accusations", Zhang Jiucheng was dismissed from office for 14 years, and Master ZongGao was unjustly expelled and exiled in May of that year, for 16 years!
Zong Gao's heart was like a clear moon, and he had long since stopped thinking about his personal safety. Now let's look at the master's specific expositions and teachings on "bodhichitta is loyalty and righteousness", which are described in the Quotations of the Great Wisdom Pujue Zen Master:
"The faithful are in the midst of adultery, such as the pure Mani orb placed in the mud, though it is a hundred thousand years old, it cannot be defiled. Why? Nature is pure.
The adulterer is faithful and righteous, and if the poison is placed in the purifier, although it is a hundred thousand years old, it cannot be changed. Why? The nature is turbid.
The difference between the clouds before is that people are not in the law, and it is this truth that also... Bodhichitta is loyal to righteousness, and the name is different and the body is the same, but when this mind and righteousness meet, then the world is born in a net, and there is nothing left. ”
In the process of exile, the Great Hui Sect's Zen master was as loyal as ever. After learning that the Song army had regained the lost land, the master ordered the monks and monks to recite the Huayan Sutra in unison, and the bells and drums sounded in unison, wishing the monarch a long life, a peaceful residence for the people, and a poem:
The atmosphere was swept away,
One hundred and two mountains and rivers in the palm of your hand.
The world is born,
When the yang does not know the protagonist.
Third, Qin Juniper chased after it, the people stood up, and the distribution tour became a grand situation for tens of thousands of people to send off and follow.
In May of the eleventh year of Shaoxing, Zong Gao was stripped of his monastic status, stripped of his monastic status, and sent to Hengzhou (present-day Hengyang, Hunan) for 10 years.
Let's first briefly understand the ordination system of the Song Dynasty. During the Song Dynasty, monasticism required an examination, and only after passing it was issued to the imperial court to recognize the qualifications for monasticism. And to take away the degree is to deprive all diplomas, honorary titles and treatment such as the current professor academician, and to deprive them of everything.
However, the common people admired the patriots from their hearts, did not recognize any degrees and purple clothes, the more Qin Juniper was broken, the more people followed Zong Gao Zen Master, so a rare scene appeared. Where the Zen master's distribution has passed, tens of thousands of monks and laypeople have sent them off, and tens of thousands of disciples have come from all over Hangzhou to accompany the Zen master to distribute the distribution, from Hangzhou to Yueyang. The marching brigade buried pots and rice all the way, the people were boiling, the grand situation was unprecedented, it was simply the formation of a "walking festival", becoming a strange and beautiful cultural landscape.
During his exile in Hengzhou, Zen Master Zonggao collected the ancient ZunJuku jiyu and the quotations discussed with his disciples, and compiled them into six volumes of the "Zhengfa Eye Collection".
After Qin Ju heard about this incident, he estimated that his heart was particularly unhappy, but he was not good at driving away many followers by force, and he was worried about triggering a popular uprising, so he continued to drive Zong Gao to the edge of the capital, thinking that the farther away the better. Therefore, in the twenty years of Shaoxing, Zonggao Zen Master was degraded for the second time, this time in Meizhou, Guangdong.
At that time, his land was barren and his life was extremely difficult, but Zong Gao Zen Master did not mind at all, virtue was widespread, the people of Meizhou were deeply benefited, and many families hung the statue of Zen master and worshipped sincerely every morning and evening.
(To be continued)