Jan 28, 2014 · They call him Layman Pang. He lived in the 700s in China. He is considered a model for householder Buddhists. He was a government worker who started practicing Zen after he had a wife and two children. His children ended up practicing Zen with him. As someone who teaches meditation to kids, his philosophy really resonates with me.

Layman Pang and Hanshan. Eventually Pang and his family ended up back near the city of his birth, which he had left when a very small child. But instead of moving into the town, they lived in a nearby cave. And to this cave often journeyed the Prefect Yu Ti , an important official who, originally a vicious dictator who persecuted Buddhists, had ...

Layman Pang. The man known to history as Layman Pang became a practicing Buddhist early and became so obsessed with the classic Chinese ideal of a spiritual-poetic hermitage that he actually had a thatched cottage built adjacent to his house. Here he spent time with his wife and children meditating, composing poetry, and engaging in ...

Layman Pang From Records of the Transmission of the Lamp tr. Randolph S. Whitfield Norderstedt: BoD, 2015, vol. 2, 8.166, p.248. Layman Pang Yun of Xiangzhou (Hubei, Xiangfan) was a native of Hengyang County in Chongzhou (Hunan), whose personal name was Daoxuan. When still young the Layman awoke to the pathos of the dusty world and aspired to ...

Pang: Meeting the masters. Pang seems to have visited every major Chan figure in China. The first master he visited was the famous Shitou, sometime rival of Mazu When Pang appeared at the retreat of Shitou he greeted Shitou by asking him one of the standard Chan questions, which Shitou answered by quietly placing a hand over Pang's mouth—causing the Layman's first …

Dec 14, 2020 · 365 Days. Layman Pang, a Buddhist who lived over a thousand years ago, is credited with the modern saying, ‘Chop wood and carry water.’. It has been translated into English in different forms, ‘Hauling water and carrying firewood’ or ‘Drawing water and chopping wood.’. The words speak of a simple practice that builds the foundation ...

Layman Pang was an enlightened layman in Chinese Buddhism. He was truly at ease--he came and left the world as he pleased. This kind of person is very rare to encounter. Therefore, each of you the laypeople must not follow such a layperson who neither married off his daughter nor wanted a daughter-in-law! You laypeople, usually,

Secondly, the original quote is from Layman Pang; from Wikipedia: "Layman Pang (Chinese 龐居士 Páng Jūshì; Japanese Hōkoji) (740–808) was a celebrated lay Buddhist in the Chinese Chán (Zen) tradition. Much like Vimalakīrti, Layman Pang is considered to exemplify the potential for non-monastic Buddhist followers to live an exemplary ...

Dajian Huineng ( traditional Chinese: 大鑒惠能; pinyin: Dàjiàn Huìnéng; Wade–Giles: Ta4-chien4; Japanese: Daikan Enō; Korean: Hyeneung ); (February 27, 638 – August 28, 713), also commonly known as the Sixth Patriarch or Sixth Ancestor of Chan ( traditional Chinese: 禪宗六祖), is a semi- legendary but central figure in the ...

Translator’s Note: This is an English translation of a Chinese language text entitled ‘庞蕴居士’, or Pang Yun Resident Scholar’ – usually rendered into English as ‘Layman Pang Yun’ although ‘居士’ (Ju Shi) is generally used to refer to a lay Buddhist, or a person who studies Buddhism whilst living at home.Layman Pang Yun is important because his example (together with ...

Mar 30, 2020 · Layman Pang . From Records of the Transmission of t he Lamp tr. Randolph S. Whi tfield . Norderstedt: BoD, 2015, vol. 2, 8.166, p.248. Layman Pang Yun of Xiangzhou (Hubei, X iangfan) was a nat ive ...

Sep 03, 2022 · Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.· (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field. Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman. Let me explain it to you in layman's terms.· A common person. A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject. 2005, Plato, Sophist ...

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (July 27, 810 – September 7, 859) (reigned April 25, 846 – September 7, 859) was an emperor in the latter part of the Tang dynasty of China.Personally named Li Yi, later renamed Li Chen (Chinese: 李忱), and known before his reign as the Prince of Guang, he was considered the last capable emperor of Tang China.Succeeding emperors after Xuanzong …