Anderl proves ewk right (again) about Baizhang's Fox

Building on earlier:

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/g7t5ns/a_collection_from_the_halls_of_the_patriarchs/
   
2. https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/gatr39/zutang_ji_a_whole_page_of_900_era_zen_masters/
3. https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/gcrhbi/the_continuing_beatdown_of_sitting_meditation_via/

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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Following [this genuine] mind one is inwardly free and there is no beginning or end any longer, then this is called 'permanent dharma-body 1574 [in which] there is no change of any kind.

1574 'Permanent' refers to not being subject to birth and death, arising and being destructed. In Mahäyäna Buddhism said of the dharma-body of the Tathägata. According to the Då-shéng zhuäng-yån Jing juån 3, also his båo-shén (' retribution-body') and his ying-shén are permanent. See also F6-xing lün on the permanence of the three bodies (Foguang: 4524). In the Chinese context, the notion of permanence became very important with regard tofö-xing 'Buddha-nature', identified with an innately pure mind (zi-xing qing-jng Xin *51b), in the Chän school often referred to as zhén-xin ('True Mnd') or wü-xin (' No-mind'). See also the discussion in the QIXINLUN onyi-xin One-mind') which was very influential for the notion of mind in East Asian Buddhism, especially the Chån school. The termfä-shén refers to Buddha's essential body of truth.

.         (Welcome link) ewk link note: The argument about why the head monk was cursed to be reborn as a fox is confusing... on the one hand, Buddhists say it's because nobody is free of the Buddhist doctrine on causation, and I say it's because while Zen Masters teach freedom even unto disregard of causation, the head monk wasn't free so he had no business saying so... to which Buddhists reply "ewk can't prove Zen Masters teach that".

Well, here in footnote 1574 we see more evidence that Zen Masters reject the law of causation as it applies to Zen Masters, including Zen Master Buddha.

Submitted May 06, 2020 at 04:56PM by ewk https://ift.tt/2xF7rYh