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Línjì Yìxuán. Línjì Yìxuán ( Lin-chi I-hsüan; Japanese: Rinzai Gigen) (?–866) was the founder of the Linji school of Chán Buddhism during Tang Dynasty China. Linji was born into a family named Xing in Caozhou ( modern Heze in Shandong ), which he left at a young age to study Buddhism in many places. Linji was trained by the Chan ...
The Linji lu (Record of Linji) has been an essential text of Chinese and Japanese Zen Buddhism for nearly a thousand years. A compilation of sermons, statements, and acts attributed to the great Chinese Zen master Linji Yixuan (d. 866), it serves as both an authoritative statement of Zen’s basic standpoint and a central source of material for Zen koan practice.
Nov 27, 2023 · 38 books. view quotes. Dec 17, 2012 04:45PM. Linji — ‘If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him’.
122 books. view quotes. Nov 19, 2014 09:38AM. Línjì Yìxuán — ‘If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the sea of delusion.’.
Linji Yixuan — ‘If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!’
Linji was trained by the Chan master Huángbò Xīyùn (黃蘗希運) but, according to the Record of Linji, enlightened while discussing Huángbò's teaching during a conversation with the reclusive monk Dàyú (大愚). Linji then returned to Huángbò to continue his training after awakening. In 851 CE, Linji moved to the Linji temple in ...
The record of the monk Linji Yixuan (Wade-Giles Romanization: Lin-chi I-hsüan) is as good a text to initiate oneself with as any. And while Watson’s use of an outdated Romanization might leave a potential reader apprehensive, the text itself is presented in a fresh and contemporary manner.
