- Baizhang Huaihai
Baizhang Huaihai (Chinese: 百丈懷海;
pinyin : "Bǎizhàng Huáihái";Wade-Giles : "Pai-chang Huai-hai"; Japanese: "Hyakujo Ekai") (720-814) was a ChineseZen master during theTang Dynasty . He was a dharma heir ofMazu Daoyi (Wade-Giles : "Ma-tsu Tao-i"). Baizhang's students included Huangbo andLingyu .Traditional Chan/Zen mythology holds Baizhang established an early set of rules for Chan (Chinese
Zen ) monastic discipline, the "Pure Rules of Huai Hai", which are used today in many Zen monasteries, but in reality these rules developed much later in Chan history.Baizhang is remembered for the aphorism: "A day without work is a day without food." His teachings and sayings have been translated by
Thomas Cleary in "Sayings and Doings of Pai-Chang" (1978). Another book translated byJohn Blofeld in ' [http://www.buddhistpublishing.com/BN/application/Application.php?ProductCode=1096 The Zen Teachings of Instaneous Awakening] " (1987) Buddhist Publishing Group, Totnes", has been erroneously attributed by some to Baizhang Huaihai, but was in fact a work by his dharma brother, Ta-chu Hui-haiThe
Wild fox koan is attributed to Baizhang.ee also
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