Tao Te Ching
Mujū Dōkyō 無住道曉
(Ichien Dōkyō )
1227 – 1312 CE
”The Non-Dweller”
Champion of diversity and pluralism, Mujū Dōkyō appreciated and practiced many traditions only disapproving of intolerance, secularism, and all kinds of chauvinism. Mainly considered in the Rinzai tradition, he also studied Tendai, Pure Land, Hosso, Shingon, and Ritusu and criticized all forms of fundamentalism and teachers who denounced practices other than the ones they taught themselves. He wrote the Shasekishū (Sand and Pebbles), Zen anecdotes and stories immortalized by Paul Reps in Zen Flesh, Zen Bones.
Lineages
Zen
Eras
Chinese
5 Kingdom of Dali 大理国 (937 – 1253 CE)Southern Song (1127 – 1279 CE)
Yuan Dynasty 元朝 (1271 – 1368 CE)
Sources
Unlisted Sources
Shaseki-shu (Collection of Stone and Sand)
Quotes by Mujū Dōkyō (6 quotes)
“‘Like this cup,’ Nan-in said, ‘you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?’”
from Shasekishū (Sand and Pebbles)
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“When a man who practices one version of the Way of Buddha vilifies another because it differs from his own sect, he cannot avoid the sin of slandering the Truth.”
from Shasekishū (Sand and Pebbles)
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“Do you want me to thank you for it? Why should I? The giver should be thankful.”
from Shaseki-shu (Collection of Stone and Sand)
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“If you become a man who realizes that the Buddha and his follower Bodhidharma are your own servants, you may leave off studying and work for humanity... If you are dependent on any of its methods, you are an ignorant insect.”
from Shaseki-shu (Collection of Stone and Sand)
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“at last the bottom fell out. No more water in the pail, no more moon in the water!”
from Shaseki-shu (Collection of Stone and Sand)
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“When we asked our school teacher why he took naps, he said 'Like Confucius who dreamed about ancient sages, I go to dreamland and meet them.' When we took naps however he would get angry so we told him that we also went to meet Confucius and the sages. When he challenged us asking what they said, one of us told him, 'We asked them if our schoolmaster met them every afternoon but they said they had never met any such fellow.'”
from Shaseki-shu (Collection of Stone and Sand)
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