RG ST 21 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-6: Huang Chao, Hongzhou School, Mazu Daoyi
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Seeing through zen: (chapter 5: 101-118, chapter 6: 119-154) Chapter 5: zen and the art of fundraising. Popular modern culture, the idea of zen-undistracted concentration where if you get fully involved in the task, you become one with it. Two movements-the meditational school of zen & the school of the pure land. Culture of the sung period influenced by the intellectual, spiritual, artistic buddhist. Anthology of the patriarchal hall- transmission of the lamp text: three interesting facts about the school, mazu resided in the government office . Important rule-the new student had to belong to a sublineage different from that of his predecessor: success was due to the passing down lineage to the highest administrative positions within the largest institutional establishments. Cultural polarities and patterns of self-cultivation in song-dynasty chan. Dahui zonggao (linji chan) individual situations; emphasis on personal interaction between teacher and student. Decisive moment of awakening-dialogue between yunmen and yuanwu-
