Chushi Fanqi 楚石梵琦 (1300-1370) was a significant monk granted with the honorary title of Fori Puzhao Huibian Chushi Chan Master (Fori Puzhao Huibian Chushi Chanshi 佛日普照慧辯楚石禪師) in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty, who was praised with very high status in both dynasties. His oral record (yulu 語錄) contains twenty fascicles, in which most of his Chan teaching are included in fascicles one to seven. Therefore, this paper endeavors to investigate Chushi’s life based on his biographical sources, and also his Chan teachings based on the Oral Record of Chan Master Chushi Fanqi (Chushi fanqi chanshi yulu 楚石梵琦禪師語錄). Chushi’s essential teaching concepts will be discussed, such as: the original mind is the way (pingchang xin shi dao 平常心是道), integrating meditation practices and doctrinal teachings (chan jiao heyi 禪教合一), and literary Chan (wenzi chan 文字禪).
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Abstract i Table of Contents ii Tables iv Chapter I: Introduction 1 1.1. Motivation and Purpose 1 1.2. Research Methodology 2 1.3. Challenges and Solutions 2 1.4. Literature Review 3 1.5. Thesis Structure 7 Chapter II: The Life of Chushi Fanqi 8 2.1. The Recorded Biographies of Chushi Fanchi 8 2.2. The Historical Background of the Yuan Dynasty 12 2.3. The Life of Chushi Fanqi 13 2.4. The Works of Chushi Fanchi 17 2.5. Chushi Fanchi’s View toward Buddhism of his Era 19 Chapter III: The Structure and Analysis of the Oral Record of Chan Master Chushi Fanqi 22 3.1. Fascicles One to Seven 27 3.2. Fascicles Eight to Twelve 33 3.3. Fascicles Thirteen to Nineteen 35 3.4. Fascicle Twenty 39 3.5. Conclusion 40 Chapter IV: The Chan Teaching of Chushi Fanqi 41 4.1. The Concepts of Buddha Nature 43 4.2. Chushi’s Chan Thought of Buddha Nature 44 4.3. The Ordinary Mind is the Way 48 4.4. Integrating Meditation Practices and Doctrinal teaching 51 Chapter V: Literary Chan 55 5.1. Literary Chan 55 5.2. Quotations of Chan Masters on Fascicle One to Fascicle Seven 60 Chapter VI: Conclusion 76 Bibliography 78 Primary Sources 78 Secondary Sources 79
Tables Table 1 The Temples Where Chushi Resided as an Abbot 17 Table 2 Oral Record of Chan Master Chushi Fanqi, Quotations of Chan Masters, Fascicle 1 61 Table 3 Oral Record of Chan Master Chushi Fanqi, Quotations of Chan Masters, Fascicle 2 62 Table 4 Oral Record of Chan Master Chushi Fanqi, Quotations of Chan Masters, Fascicle 3 64 Table 5 Oral Record of Chan Master Chushi Fanqi, Quotations of Chan Masters, Fascicle 4 66 Table 6 Oral Record of Chan Master Chushi Fanqi, Quotations of Chan Masters, Fascicle 5 68 Table 7 Oral Record of Chan Master Chushi Fanqi, Quotations of Chan Masters, Fascicle 6 70 Table 8 Oral Record of Chan Master Chushi Fanqi, Quotations of Chan Masters, Fascicle 7 72 Table 9 Oral Record of Chan Master Chushi Fanqi, Quotations from Sutras 73
