Foyan Qingyuan
Foyan Qingyuan
Dates uncertain
Foyan Qingyuan is recorded in the historiography of the late-Tang / Song-period Chan transmission 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].
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Teachers and lineage of Foyan Qingyuan
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Teachings
- proverbRight and Wrong
If you want to know right and wrong, consider your own situation carefully.
- sayingJust Be Aware
People who study the Way must be genuinely focused. Don't just pretend. Don't try to figure it out through thinking. Don't try to achieve something. Don't make it into something intellectual. Just look directly at what is before your eyes and the whole thing will be clear. If you can just be aware of what is presently happening, you will be free.
- proverbNow Is the Instant
Practice cannot be saved for tomorrow. Even today is too late if you wait until evening. Now is the instant — the only one available.
- proverbDo Not Cling to the Moment
If you cling to this moment, it becomes a moment ago and you have already missed it. Hold it loose enough that the next one finds your hand still open.
- proverbWhat Has Not Yet Been Spoken
The most important sentence in the dharma has not yet been spoken — and it is being spoken now. The student who waits for the famous sentences will hear only the echoes.
- proverbIron Mountain Pass
There is an iron mountain pass through which the patriarchs walked. From a distance, the pass looks impossible; up close, the road runs straight through. The fear was the only obstacle.
Other masters in Yangqi line
Master Record Sources
Foyan Qingyuan
Linji/Yangqi
- nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Foyan Qingyuan
- teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Wuzu Fayan