Huang-po Hsi-yun

Huang-po Hsi-yün

Huang-po Hsi-yün, (Hsi-yün of the Huang-po mountain, Jap., Ōbaku Kiun; d. 850 CE). Chʾan/Zen master, dharma-successor (hassu) of Pai-chang Huai-hai and teacher of Lin-chi I-hsüan, through whom he becomes one of the forefathers of the Rinzai school. His teachings were gathered by Pʾei Hsiu (Jap., Haikyū) under the (shortened) title Chuʾan-hsin-fa-yao, a classic text of the Chʾan tradition, which expounds the teaching of universal mind.

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Huang-po Hsi-yün

Huang-po Hsi-yün (d. 850). A well-known Ch'an figure of the late T'ang dynasty period, and the teacher of Lin-chi I-hsüan (d. 866), the founder of the Lin-chi line of Ch'an.

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DAMIEN KEOWN. "Huang-po Hsi-yün." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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