Guishan Lingyou

Names

Disciples of Guishan Lingyou 7 named

• Lingyun Zhiqinprimary · Dates uncertain
• Liu Tiemoprimary · Dates uncertain
• Dayu Shouzhiprimary · Dates uncertain
• Xiangyan Zhixianprimary · Dates uncertain
• Xingyang Qingrangprimary · Dates uncertain
• Yangshan Huijiprimary · Dates uncertain
• Jingzhao Mihuprimary · Dates uncertain

Teachers and lineage of Guishan Lingyou

Teacher / root master:

• Baizhang HuaihaiRoot teacher / master · Dates uncertain

Full lineage of Guishan Lingyou →

Teachings

• koanTipping Over A Water Vase

  Mumonkan Case 40

  Hyakujo wished to send a monk to open a new monastery. He told his pupils that whoever answered a question most ably would be appointed. Placing a water vase on the ground, he asked: "Who can say what this is without calling its name?" The chief monk said: "No one can call it a wooden shoe." Isan, the cooking monk, tipped over the vase with his foot and went out. Hyakujo smiled and said: "The chief monk loses." And Isan became the master of the new monastery. Mumon’s comment: Isan was brave enough, but he could not escape Hyakujo's trick. After all, he gave up a light job and took a heavy one. Why, can't you see, he took off his comfortable hat and placed himself in iron stocks. Giving up cooking utensils, Defeating the chatterbox, Though his teacher sets a barrier for him His feet will tip over everything, even the Buddha.

  tr. Nyogen Senzaki, Paul Reps, 1934

  Guishan Lingyou, Commentator: Wumen Huikai

• proverbAfter Death, a Water Buffalo

  (traditional attribution)

  When this old monk dies, I will be reborn as a water buffalo at the foot of the mountain. The buffalo will have my name on its flank, and you will not be confused about who is teaching you.

  tr. Zen Lineage editorial

  Guishan Lingyou

• proverbBroken Pot

  (traditional attribution)

  A monk broke a clay pot at my door and apologized. I said: do not apologize to me; apologize to the pot for asking it to be a pot all those years.

  tr. Zen Lineage editorial

  Guishan Lingyou

• proverbA Lifetime on One Mountain

  (traditional attribution)

  Forty years on this mountain. The trees know me; the path knows me. The student who can stay on one mountain for a lifetime has already left it.

  tr. Zen Lineage editorial

  Guishan Lingyou

• proverbAdmonitions

  (traditional attribution)

  If you join this assembly, do not waste your robes. Idleness in robes is theft from the donor; sleep in robes is theft from yourself.

  tr. Zen Lineage editorial

  Guishan Lingyou

• proverbGreat and Small

  (traditional attribution)

  What is great is great in being small; what is small is small in being great. Do not measure the practice by the size of the temple.

  tr. Zen Lineage editorial

  Guishan Lingyou

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

  Guishan Lingyou

  Reliability: scholarly

• schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors

  Caodong

  Reliability: scholarly

• koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors

  4, 24, 70 15,37,60,83 40 47

  Reliability: scholarly

• nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Guishan Lingyou

  Reliability: editorial

• teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

  Baizhang Huaihai

  Reliability: editorial