Tao Te Ching
Dongshan Liangjie 洞山良价
(Dòngshān Liángjiè; Tōzan Ryōkai)
807 – 869 CE
Famous poet, Shaolin Monastery Chan monk, founder of the Caodon school which became the Sōtō Zen lineage when taken to Japan in the 13th century by Dōgen; Dongshan helped develop the koan tradition. Drawing from the I Ching, inspired by the Sandokai, and inspiring the Oxherding Pictures, his famous poem Five Ranks described the path and unification of absolute and relative realities, the highest spiritual realization in the middle of everyday life.
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Tang Dynasty 唐朝 (618 – 907 CE)Sources
Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi
Quotes by Dongshan Liangjie (10 quotes)
“The wooden man starts to sing, the stone woman gets up dancing.”
from Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi
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“With practice hidden, function secretly, like a fool, like an idiot.”
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“reality constantly flows… Led by their inverted views, they take black for white”
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“So minute it enters where there is no gap, so vast it transcends dimension. A hairsbreadth’s deviation, and you’re out of tune.”
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“Turning away and touching are both wrong, for it is like a massive fire.”
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“In darkest night it is perfectly clear; in the light of dawn it is hidden.”
from Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi
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“You are not it, but in truth it is you.”
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“Just to portray it in literary form is to stain it with defilement.”
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“The meaning does not reside in the words, but a pivotal moment brings it forth.”
from Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi
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“A monk asked Dongshan, "What is Buddha?" Dongshan said, "Three pounds of flax."”
Chapters:
2. The Wordless Teachings
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