Studies in the Language of Zu-tang ji 祖堂集, VOLUME 2: TRANSLATION (and Glossary of Linguistic Terms, Bibliographies, Index), Christoph Anderl
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Zu-tang ji 祖堂集 - Compiled in 952 in the kingdom of Southern Tang (937–975), Zutang ji 祖堂集 is an invaluable source of information about the formative history of the Chan school and the gradual evolution of Chan literature. Long lost and forgotten in China, only to be rediscovered during the early part of the twentieth century among the woodblocks of the Buddhist canon stored at Haein Monastery 海印寺 in Korea, the text represents an outline of earlier Chan “history,” written from a regional perspective. Among the text's prominent features is its inclusion of unique materials not found in other Chan collections.
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1560 zi-zd/•自在（TERM) ‘naturally exist'，is an important term in ZTJ and accordance with one's original mind (syn. to Buddha-nature). This state is often contrasted lo 'artificial attainments which are achieved by traditional practices such as meditation，performance of good deeds，the reading of Buddhist scriptures, etc.
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"Just be natural in accordance with our mind, do not engage in the practice of insight [guan1561]"
1561 guan (TERM) refers to a certain type of meditation, ' introspection' which is part of the traditional Buddhist meditation practice of 'concentration and introspection' (zhi-guän Skr. {amatha- vipaéyanä). Zhi refers to the practice towards a state of tranquility and mental peacefulness which is the basis for meditation Guän, 'introspection;contemplation ; insight; discernment' leads to a direct insight in the nature of things (for example that everything is impermanent, full of suffering and without self-nature). These practices are described in the works of early Buddhism (for example 7M ä-hånjng T .2/99: 28a, 146c, 318b; Chü-yå0Jing and the Yogäcära School In China this practice was much discussed already in thc sixth century (see for example QIXINLUN, T .32: 575c) and eventually reinterpreted in the Mahäyäna context by members of the arising Tiantai School (for example Mö-hé Chi-guän T.461911).
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"And do not stop your mind['s] activities (ting shin1562)
1562 Also ting-xin (TERM) 'stop the mind' refers to a traditional meditation practice. The complete term is wi-1íng xīn-gtan nL (TERM) 'HVE-STOPS MIND-cONTEMPLATION or wi-ting si-nian i A (TERM) 'FIVE-STOPS FOUR-THOuGHTS". Wi-tíng ti (TERM) five stops usually refers to the following techniques: (1) bi-jing T: contemplation on the impurities of all dharmas; (2) cí-ën contemplation on all living beings and the arousal of compassion; (3) yin-yuán contemplation on the fact that all dharmas are interdependent (cause and effect); (4) jièjën-bié : insight, discernment of the interaction between senses, sense-objects and consciousness; (5) shui-aí : contemplation on the process of breathing (often by counting) in order to calm down the confused mind. The practice of the 'five stops' was traditionally combined with the above mentioned technique of 'concentration and introspection'. Here and in other passages of ZTJ these Traditional practices are criticized and rejected since according to the Chán school - they inhibit a direct insight into one's original nature. On w-ting sec Soothill 114; Nakamura: 1269a-b; Anderl 1995: 56-59.
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