Master Xu Yun Transmits The Dharma to Hsuan Hua.
Mar 3, 2010 17:16:18 GMT 1
Post by Shi Da Dao on Mar 3, 2010 17:16:18 GMT 1
In 1848, master Hsuan Hua arrived at Nan-hua monastery and bowed at the feet of master Xu Yun, who was then 109 years old. At that Time, master Xu Yun was considered the 44th Patriarch of Ch'an. At this time, master Xu Yun passed the Ch'an Dharma to master Hsuan Hua, making his the 45th Patriach since Shakyamuni Buddha. Of course, master Xu Yun had inherited all Five Houses of Ch'an, and here transmits the Wei-yang line to Hsuan Hua.
Years later, in 1956, Xu Yun sent Hsuan Hua a document entitled 'The Treasury of the Orthodox Dharma Eye; Source of Buddhas and Patriarchs.' This document is the official acknowledgement of Dharma transmission between Xu Yun and Hsuan Hua. The document repoduced here, contained all the pictures of the original 33 Ch'an Patriarchs, from Lord Buddha to Hui Neng. It then has a further 10 pictures of Chinese Ch'an masters after Hui Neng, as recorded in the Linji school - also reproduced here.
This valuable information is taken from the following book entitled 'Records of the Life of Ch'an Master Hsuan Hua - Part II'. My copy is dated 1990.
Transmission Certicate containing all 45 Ch'an Patriarchs as well as transmission details, partly translated below:
Years later, in 1956, Xu Yun sent Hsuan Hua a document entitled 'The Treasury of the Orthodox Dharma Eye; Source of Buddhas and Patriarchs.' This document is the official acknowledgement of Dharma transmission between Xu Yun and Hsuan Hua. The document repoduced here, contained all the pictures of the original 33 Ch'an Patriarchs, from Lord Buddha to Hui Neng. It then has a further 10 pictures of Chinese Ch'an masters after Hui Neng, as recorded in the Linji school - also reproduced here.
This valuable information is taken from the following book entitled 'Records of the Life of Ch'an Master Hsuan Hua - Part II'. My copy is dated 1990.
Transmission Certicate containing all 45 Ch'an Patriarchs as well as transmission details, partly translated below:
