Sansheng Huiran
Sansheng Huiran
Dates uncertain
Sansheng Huiran 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 Sansheng Huiran
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Teachings
- dialogueThe Blind Ass
Sansheng asked Linji, "What is the meaning of the First Patriarch's coming from the West?" Linji said, "If he had any meaning, he could not even save himself." Sansheng said, "If he had no meaning, how did the Second Patriarch attain the Dharma?" Linji said, "Attaining is not attaining." Sansheng said, "If that is so, what is the meaning of your teaching for the past thirty years?" Linji said, "This blind ass!"
- dialogueThe Golden Fish Through the Net
When Linji was about to pass away, he said, "After I am gone, do not destroy my treasury of the true Dharma eye." Sansheng stepped forward and said, "How could I dare to destroy the master's treasury of the true Dharma eye?" Linji said, "If someone asks you about it in the future, what will you say?" Sansheng gave a great shout. Linji said, "Who would have thought that my treasury of the true Dharma eye would perish at the hands of this blind ass?" Sansheng said, "The golden-scaled fish has already passed through the net."
Other masters in Linji
Master Record Sources
Sansheng Huiran
Linji/Yangqi
- koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
49,68 13,33
- nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Sansheng Huiran
- teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Linji Yixuan