Puhua
Appearance
Puhua | |
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Personal | |
Born | 770 |
Died | 840 |
Religion | Mahayana Buddhism |
Nationality | Chinese |
School | Ch'an |
Lineage | Linji (Línjì zōng) |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Panshan Baoji (Jap: Banzan Hoshaku) |
Zhenzhou Puhua (Chinese: 普化; pinyin: Zhenzhou Pǔhuà; 770-840) [1], whose name is read as Jinshu Fuke in Japanese, was a Chinese Ch'an (Zen) bhikku-priest, as well as a contemporary and disciple in the [eponymous] Linji/Rinzai lineage of Linji Yixuan (临济义玄; pinyin: Línjì Yìxuán; Japanese: Rinzai Gigen; 800–866). Puhua, historically considered one of the most prominent students of his master, shīfu Panshan Baoji (Jap: rōshi Banzan Hoshaku) had a rather notorious reputation as a multi-talented Zen ascetic who was at once inventive, innovative and absurd as well as rough and uncompromising in the way he expressed himself.
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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