Mazu Daoyi
Encyclopedia : M : MA : MAZ : Mazu Daoyi
Mazu Daoyi (Chn: 馬祖道一) (709 CE–788 CE) (WG: Ma-tsu Tao-yi) was a master of the Chinese Ch'an Buddhist lineage. After studying as a young man with the sixth Chan Patriach, Huineng, Mazu became a disciple and successor to Huineng's student Huairang. Among Mazu's immediate successors was Baizhang Huaihai. He himself was the leader of the Hung-chou lineage of Buddhism, of which the later Baizhang, Damei Fachang, and Huang-po Hsi-yün were famous students. Mazu was famous for the subtlety with which he expressed the Ch'an teachings, and was particularly fond of using the kung'an "What the mind is, what the Buddha is." In the particular case of Damei Fachang, hearing this brought about a spiritual awakening. However, this was contradicted by Mazu later, when he taught the koan "No mind, No Buddha." This was seen as a means of preparing the mind to do away with preconceptions about becoming Enlightened.
| Buddhism |
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terms and concepts | History | Schools and sects | People | By region and country | ||||
| List of topics | Timeline | Temples | Texts | Culture | ||||
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.