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Essential Teachings of Chan Master Gaofeng Yuanmiao (高峰原妙禪師禪要)

About 高峰原妙禪師禪要

by (侍者)持正錄 (參學)洪喬祖編

14,324 · about 48 min

Zen Master Gaofeng Yuanmiao was a distinguished monk of the Linji school during the late Song and early Yuan dynasties. His recorded sayings, *The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Gaofeng Yuanmiao*, were transcribed by his attendant Chizheng and compiled by the student Hong Qiaozu. The work includes his formal hall discourses, instructions, and gathas, systematically elucidating the essence of the huatou meditation practice. It emphasizes deep doubt and an urgent resolve on the matter of birth and death, characterized by a direct and incisive style that points straight to the mind. This text serves as an important document for studying Chan Buddhism in the Song and Yuan periods, particularly the huatou tradition, and has profoundly influenced later Chan practice in Chinese Buddhism. It is revered as a vital guide for meditation and awakening.


No. 1401-A
參禪雖以不立文字不假修證為宗。然既可參則必有要。要者何。如網之有綱。衣之有領。使人一舉而徑得其直遂者是也。萬目非不網也。捨綱舉目。網必不張。萬縷非不衣也。遺領舉縷。衣必不振。永嘉云。摘葉尋枝我不能。枝與葉非要。根本固要也。學者復昧其根本。鵝湖云。要在當人能擇上擇善而從可也。學者往往。差決擇於發軔。終適越而北轅。乃至從上祖師遺編山積。一話一言。固無非綱領。柰何世降聖遠。情偽日滋。心意識有以蠱蝕之。則視綱領為目縷者。蓋摠摠矣。我。
師高峰和尚。自雙峰而西峯。二十餘年。念此之故。不獲已。示人剋的。如神藥刀圭而起死。靈符點畫而驅邪。故有探其奇方秘呪。將以為學徒綱領者。或曰。獲禽在目不在綱。禦寒在縷不在領。八萬四千法門。門門可入。目與縷。果非要耶。將應之曰。世尊法門。信廣大無邊。顧乃設為方便狹小一門。使諸子出火宅而入大乘。是攝目縷為綱領耳。然則綱耶目耶。領耶縷耶。要耶非要耶。未具頂門正眼。未可以易言也。喬祖預西峰法席以來。每抄集示徒法語之切於參決者。名之曰禪要。久欲與有志者共之。一日舉似姑蘇永中上人。欣然欲募緣鋟梓。且俾喬祖為之序。喬祖既已承命。復告之曰。師別有一要語。在綱領外。藏之虗空骨中。兄欲鋟我欲序皆不能。尚俟他日更作一番揭露。
至元甲午重九日天目參學直翁洪喬祖謹書。

No. 1401-B

CBETA Code: X1401

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