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Essential Teachings of Zen Master Tianzhen Dufeng (天真毒峰善禪師要語)

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The "Essential Sayings of Zen Master Tianzhen Dufeng" is a collection of teachings by the Ming Dynasty Zen master Dufeng Benshan, recorded by his disciple Benshan and compiled by Wushen. Completed in the mid-Ming Dynasty, this work reflects the era's emphasis on practical cultivation and the method of mind-ground in Zen practice. It brings together Master Dufeng's teachings, Dharma talks, and pointed dialogues, with the core aim of clarifying the original mind and inherent nature, breaking through deluded attachments, and guiding practitioners to directly point to the human mind, see their true nature, and attain enlightenment. This book serves as an important text for studying Ming Dynasty Zen thought, particularly the practice of the Linji school, offering profound guidance for later generations of Zen practitioners and regarded as a simple yet essential crystallization of Zen's heart teachings.


天真毒峰善禪師要語
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上堂
諸大德既來這裡,相從貧道參禪究明生死,須依貧道家風行持,他後決不相賺,各各俱要屏息身心諸緣一心向道,追復百丈已前釋迦老子所行頭陀之行,是謂家風。此之苦行頭陀,經中具載,請自檢看。然雖今人難比古人,且請於中行得一半,庶亦得沾頭陀苦行之少分矣!不可似今時學者全不問著,甘作無慚愧人,佛法驢年會得。只如世尊當時,饑則領眾持缽入城乞食,歸則各處岩穴之間;後趙州諗和尚三十年不開口告人、不雜用心;匾擔山和尚唯餐橡栗過日;丹霞然和尚一生只個布衲;更看芙蓉楷和尚不發疏簿、不請化主,一生唯事澹泊。此諸尊宿俱是行頭陀行家風,所以一箇箇魁壘秀出於當時,而千古之下為世所尊。諸大德若依此苦行,行持久之不移不易,則僧問:「如何是佛?」雲門道:「乾屎橛。」管取呵呵大笑。時有僧問:「如何是和尚家風?」荅曰::「前江潮急魚行澀,後嶺松高鳥泊難。」下座。
上堂。僧問:「昔高峰和尚示眾云:『海底泥牛啣月走,岩前石虎抱兒眠;鐵蛇鑽人金剛眼,崑崙騎象鷺鷥牽。此四句內有一句能殺能活、能縱能奪,若人檢點得出,許你一生參學事畢。』不知是那一句?」師云:「待你悟即向你道。會麼?」僧云:「不會。」師云:「不見道:『你有拄杖子,我與你拄杖子;你無拄杖子,我奪卻你拄杖子。』」下座。

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