Pang Yun
Pang Yun
Dates uncertain
Pang Yun 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].
Names
Pang Yun
Hôun
Layman Pang
P'ang Yün
Teachers and lineage of Pang Yun
Teacher / root master:
Teachings
Encounter dialogues · Mondō
- DialogueDifficult, Easy, NeitherRead full exchange →
Layman Pang said
“Difficult, difficult, difficult—like trying to scatter ten measures of sesame seed all over a tree.”
His wife said
“Easy, easy, easy—just like touching your feet to the ground when you get out of bed.”
- verseMy Daily Activity
My daily activity is nothing special. I just naturally harmonize. Grasping nothing, discarding nothing. In every place, no hindrance, no conflict. Who assigns the ranks of vermilion and purple? The hills and mountains— not a speck of dust. Supernatural power and marvelous activity: drawing water and chopping wood.
How wondrous, how miraculous—I chop wood, I carry water.
Other masters in Other
Master Record Sources
Pang Yun
- koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
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- nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Pang Yun
- teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Mazu Daoyi