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Xingyang Qingrang

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Xingyang Qingrang

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Xingyang Qingrang was a Caodong school master recorded in the transmission of the lamp literature. He maintained a practice community and transmitted the Dharma within the Caodong tradition. His teaching reflected the school's characteristic emphasis on silent awareness and the non-separation of meditation and daily life.

Qingrang's presence in the lineage records testifies to the Caodong school's ongoing vitality during the Song dynasty. Though the school was less institutionally dominant than the Linji tradition, it maintained a committed following among practitioners who valued its contemplative depth and its distinctive understanding of the relationship between practice and awakening.

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dharma · enXingyang Qingrang
alias · enHsing-yang Ch'ing-jang
alias · enKôyô Seijô

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  • koanA Buddha before History

    Mumonkan Case 9

    A monk asked Seijo: "I understand that a Buddha who lived before recorded history sat in meditation for ten cycles of existence and could not realize the highest truth, and so could not become fully emancipated. Why was this so?" Seijo replied: "Your question is self-explanatory." The monk asked: "Since the Buddha was meditating, why could he not fulfill Buddhahood?" Seijo said: "He was not a Buddha." Mumon’s comment: I will allow his realization, but I will not admit his understanding. When one ignorant attains realization he is a saint. When a saint begins to understand he is ignorant. It is better to realize mind than body. When mind is realized one need not worry about body. When mind and body become one The man is free. Then he desires no praising.

    tr. Nyogen Senzaki, Paul Reps, 1934

    Speaker: Xingyang Qingrang, Commentator: Wumen Huikai

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