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'''Zhenzhou Puhua''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 普化; [[pinyin]]: ''Zhenzhou Pǔhuà''; [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: '''''Jinshu Fuke'''''; [[Circa|ca]]. [[770]]-[[840]]) <ref name="LivingWorkshop 1">{{cite web|first="Osho Bob"|title=Zhenzhou Puhua - Zen Master|url=http://www.livingworkshop.net/zhenzhou-puhua.html|work=Zen Masters|publisher=Osho Bob's [The] Living Workshop|accessdate=14 July 2011|archiveurl=http://www.livingworkshop.net/|archivedate=an ambiguous date|language=English|format=Web}}</ref> was an obscure [[Chinese Buddhism|Chinese]] [[Chán]] (J. ''Zen'') [[bhikku]]-priest, notorious for being ambiguously and yet essentially connected to the ephemeral [[Fuke zen|Fuke]][sub-]sect of [[Buddhism in Japan|Japanese]] Zen [[Buddhism]]. It is naturally to Puhua (or in this case, transliterated to |
'''Zhenzhou Puhua''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 普化; [[pinyin]]: ''Zhenzhou Pǔhuà''; [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: '''''Jinshu Fuke'''''; [[Circa|ca]]. [[770]]-[[840]]) <ref name="LivingWorkshop 1">{{cite web|first="Osho Bob"|title=Zhenzhou Puhua - Zen Master|url=http://www.livingworkshop.net/zhenzhou-puhua.html|work=Zen Masters|publisher=Osho Bob's [The] Living Workshop|accessdate=14 July 2011|archiveurl=http://www.livingworkshop.net/|archivedate=an ambiguous date|language=English|format=Web}}</ref> was an obscure [[Chinese Buddhism|Chinese]] [[Chán]] (J. ''Zen'') [[bhikku]]-priest, notorious for being peculiarly, ambiguously and yet essentially connected to the origin of the ephemeral [[Fuke zen|Fuke]][sub-]sect of [[Buddhism in Japan|Japanese]] Zen [[Buddhism]], which flourished during the nation's Medieval period. It is naturally to Puhua (or in this case, transliterated to ''Fuke'') that the Fuke school owes its namesake; and historically he is referred to as the order's founder. However its most notable and unique characteristics (many more of which are still considered ill-defined or unknown), such as the development and practice of ''[[suizen]]'' ("blowing zen" or "blowing meditation") with the [[shakuhachi]], and the school's mendicant adherents known as ''[[komusō]]'', are seemingly unrelated to the life of Puhua, as it is known. |
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While much of the information regarding Puhua's |
While much of the information regarding Puhua's connection to the komusō is most-certainly scarce, he is inextricably linked to the rise of the sect in [[Feudal Japan|the Feudal era]] of [[History of Japan|Japan's history]], if not merely is ideological basis, despite the fact that records refer to him as living in China several centuries earlier. |
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== Background and life == |
== Background and life == |
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Puhua was a known contemporary of [[Linji|Linji Yixuan]] (临济义玄; pinyin: ''Línjì Yìxuán''; J. ''Rinzai Gigen''; [[800]]–[[866]]) and a late disciple in his [[wiktionary:eponymous|eponymous]] Linji/[[Rinzai]] lineage. |
Born in [[Tang Dynasty]] China in the year 770, Puhua was a known contemporary of [[Linji|Linji Yixuan]] (临济义玄; pinyin: ''Línjì Yìxuán''; J. ''Rinzai Gigen''; [[800]]–[[866]]) and a late disciple in his [[wiktionary:eponymous|eponymous]] Linji/[[Rinzai]] lineage. |
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He is traditionally considered one of the most prominent students of his master, ''shīfu'' Panshan Baoji (J. ''[[rōshi]]'' Banzan Hoshaku), himself a student of [[Mazu]], a [[Category:Zen Patriarchs|Patriarch]] in the line of [[Dharma transmission]] from the ambiguous and vague "Sudden Enlightenment" (頓教) [[Southern China|southern]] Chán [proto-]school originating with the sixth and final Patriarch of Chán, [[Huineng]]. |
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Puhua had a rather notorious reputation as a multi-talented Zen ascetic who was at once inventive, innovative and |
Under Panshan, Puhua had a rather notorious reputation as a multi-talented Zen [[ascetic]] who was at once inventive, innovative and often absurdly spontaneous, as well as rough and uncompromising in the way he expressed himself. |
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== The Fuke-shū == |
== The Fuke-shū == |
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Revision as of 16:42, 15 July 2011
Puhua | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | 770 |
| Died | 840 |
| Religion | Mahayana Buddhism |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| School | Chán |
| Lineage | Linji (Note: Puhua is considered, or at least fabled to have historically founded "Pǔhuà zōng" or the eponymic Fuke-shū sect. — *See article for details.*) |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Panshan Baoji (J. Banzan Hoshaku) |
Zhenzhou Puhua (Chinese: 普化; pinyin: Zhenzhou Pǔhuà; Japanese: Jinshu Fuke; ca. 770-840) [1] was an obscure Chinese Chán (J. Zen) bhikku-priest, notorious for being peculiarly, ambiguously and yet essentially connected to the origin of the ephemeral Fuke[sub-]sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism, which flourished during the nation's Medieval period. It is naturally to Puhua (or in this case, transliterated to Fuke) that the Fuke school owes its namesake; and historically he is referred to as the order's founder. However its most notable and unique characteristics (many more of which are still considered ill-defined or unknown), such as the development and practice of suizen ("blowing zen" or "blowing meditation") with the shakuhachi, and the school's mendicant adherents known as komusō, are seemingly unrelated to the life of Puhua, as it is known.
While much of the information regarding Puhua's connection to the komusō is most-certainly scarce, he is inextricably linked to the rise of the sect in the Feudal era of Japan's history, if not merely is ideological basis, despite the fact that records refer to him as living in China several centuries earlier.
Background and life
Born in Tang Dynasty China in the year 770, Puhua was a known contemporary of Linji Yixuan (临济义玄; pinyin: Línjì Yìxuán; J. Rinzai Gigen; 800–866) and a late disciple in his eponymous Linji/Rinzai lineage.
He is traditionally considered one of the most prominent students of his master, shīfu Panshan Baoji (J. rōshi Banzan Hoshaku), himself a student of Mazu, a in the line of Dharma transmission from the ambiguous and vague "Sudden Enlightenment" (頓教) southern Chán [proto-]school originating with the sixth and final Patriarch of Chán, Huineng.
Under Panshan, Puhua had a rather notorious reputation as a multi-talented Zen ascetic who was at once inventive, innovative and often absurdly spontaneous, as well as rough and uncompromising in the way he expressed himself.
The Fuke-shū
Puhua is traditionally considered to either be the direct founder of, or at least the philosophical and spiritual antecedent to the Fuke-shū (in Chinese rendered literally as Pǔhuà zōng). Fuke Zen, or Fuke-shū was
References
- ^ "Zhenzhou Puhua - Zen Master". Zen Masters. Osho Bob's [The] Living Workshop. Archived from the original (Web) on an ambiguous date. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
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