中唐南宗禪學思想暨禪風特色與開展 -- 以石頭希遷為中心的研究=The Development and Characteristic of Ch'an Ideology and Ch'an Style of Southern Ch'an School in the Tang Dynasty based on Master Shih-tou Xi-chien
This essay discuss The Development and Characteristic of Ch’an Ideology and Ch’an Style of Southern Ch’an School in the Tang Dynasty based on Master Shih-tou Xi-chien. Ch’an Master became a novice taught by Six Patriarch Hui-neng of Guo-Ann Temple, Xin Zhou at a young age. Hui-neng instructed him to look for Si when Hui-neng manifested extinction. After Hui-neng’s perfect extinction, master meditated all day long to explore the Si. Later he took the full precepts at Luo Fu Mountain and learned the rules and disciplines there as a preschool education. During this period, master enlightened into Six Patriarch’s regulation of “ocean of original nature” by read “Nirvana Unnamed Lun”, Zhao Lun written by Seng-Zhou. Had been pointed out the meaning of Hui-neng’s instruction, he asked to see ch’an master Xing-Si of Lu-Ling Qing Yuan. Xing-Si’s aptitude education of “The fundamental and phenomenal are completely combined. Dharma and I are all vanished.” Is a key factor for master Shih-tou Xi-chien’s life. It look over eleven years to cultivate and got outstanding achievements. This Chinese unicorn then exerted to gallop. Preach Buddhism and convert people over Hunan Heng Shan Southern Temple and Hunan Tanzhou Liang’s border. Then he established Shih-tou School. The Ch’an Ideology of Shih-tou Xi-chien originated from five great sources which included the Cao-xi Hui-neng’s lineages, the cultivation of Nirvana Unnamed Lun”, Zhao Lun written by Seng-Zhou, the lineage of Qing Yuan Xing-si, the combination of Jiang-dong Nyou-tou Ch’an, and the inspiration of Hwa-Yu