Changsha Jingcen

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Changsha Jingcen Caodong school

Changsha Jingcen is recorded in the historiography of the medieval / early-modern Japanese Sōtō branch-temple network as a transmission figure in its lineage. The surviving record preserves his place in the line; little distinctive doctrinal material from his teaching is preserved in modern scholarship^[1].

Names

dharma · enChangsha Jingcen

alias · enCh'ang-sha Ching-ts'ên

alias · enChôsha Keishin

Teachers and lineage of Changsha Jingcen

Teacher / root master:

Nanquan PuyuanRoot teacher / master · 748 – 835

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Teachings

sayingThe Whole Universe Is the Eye
The entire universe in all ten directions is the eye of the monk. The entire universe in all ten directions is the everyday speech of the monk. The entire universe in all ten directions is the whole body of the monk. The entire universe in all ten directions is the light of the self. The entire universe in all ten directions exists within the light of the self. In the entire universe in all ten directions, there is no one who is not the self.
Changsha Jingcen

Other masters in Caodong

Caoshan Benji840 – 901
Changlu Qingliao1089 – 1151
Hongzhi Zhengjue1091 – 1157
Tiantong Rujing1163 – 1228
Dagui Muzhe? – ?
Liangshan Yuanguan? – ?

Master Record Sources

nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Changsha Jingcen
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Caodong
Reliability: scholarly
koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
36 79 19
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Changsha Jingcen
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Nanquan Puyuan
Reliability: editorial