Xingyang Qingrang
Xingyang Qingrang
Dates uncertain
Xingyang Qingrang 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 Xingyang Qingrang
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Teachings
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.
Other masters in Caodong
Master Record Sources
Xingyang Qingrang
Caodong
- koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
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- nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Xingyang Qingrang
- teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Guishan Lingyou