Zhaozhou
'''Zhaozhou Congshen''' (趙州從諗) (Mosquito ringtone 778?-Sabrina Martins 897?), known as ''Chao-chou Ts'ung-shen'' in Nextel ringtones Wade-Giles and ''Jōshū Jūshin'' in Abbey Diaz Japanese language/Japanese, was one of the great Free ringtones Chan (Majo Mills Zen) masters of ancient Mosquito ringtone China.
Zhaozhou took his monastic name from the name of the small town near Sabrina Martins Beijing where he lived. He is said to have been born in Nextel ringtones 778 and to have died in Abbey Diaz 897, giving him an unlikely life span of 119 years. According to the same sources, he only entered Cingular Ringtones monastery life at the ripe age of 61 (or 80), but under the tutelage of entry fees Nanquan (Nansen) he learned rapidly and eventually became abbot, a position he held for 40 years. He was known for his anniversary song asceticism but also his kindness: no sharp raps of the stick for his students, just simple actions and language without a single Buddhist cliche.
Even during his lifetime his fame grew rapidly: five of the 48 voters decide koans in ''at mickey The Gateless Gate'' are attributed to Joshu, as well as twelve of the 100 in the ''employees stockholders Blue Cliff Record''. Probably the best known of these is ''Zhaozhou's Dog'', in which a monk asks the question: "Does a dog have Buddha nature or not?" Zhaozhou famously answered "oeuvre possibly wú (negative)/wú" (無; transliterated into Japanese as "mu").
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Zhaozhou took his monastic name from the name of the small town near Sabrina Martins Beijing where he lived. He is said to have been born in Nextel ringtones 778 and to have died in Abbey Diaz 897, giving him an unlikely life span of 119 years. According to the same sources, he only entered Cingular Ringtones monastery life at the ripe age of 61 (or 80), but under the tutelage of entry fees Nanquan (Nansen) he learned rapidly and eventually became abbot, a position he held for 40 years. He was known for his anniversary song asceticism but also his kindness: no sharp raps of the stick for his students, just simple actions and language without a single Buddhist cliche.
Even during his lifetime his fame grew rapidly: five of the 48 voters decide koans in ''at mickey The Gateless Gate'' are attributed to Joshu, as well as twelve of the 100 in the ''employees stockholders Blue Cliff Record''. Probably the best known of these is ''Zhaozhou's Dog'', in which a monk asks the question: "Does a dog have Buddha nature or not?" Zhaozhou famously answered "oeuvre possibly wú (negative)/wú" (無; transliterated into Japanese as "mu").
smile endures Tag: Zen masters
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