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The Zen Teaching of Rinzai
copyright 1975
by Irmgard Schloegl.
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The Zen Teaching
of Rinzai
[
The Record of Rinzai]
Translated from the Chinese Lin-Chi Lu
by Irmgard Schloegl
THE CLEAR LIGHT SERIES
Shambhala
Berkeley 1976
SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS, INC.
2045 FRANCISCO STREET
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94709
© 1975 IRMGARD SCHLOEGL
PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE BUDDHIST SOCIETY, LONDON.
ISBN 0-87773-087-3
LCC 75-40262
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THIS BOOK IS IN THE CLEAR LIGHT SERIES
DEDICATED TO W. Y. EVANS-WENTZ. THE SERIES IS
UNDER THE EDITORSHIP OF SAMUEL BERCHOLZ.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY
McNAUGHTON & GUNN, ANN ARBOR, MI. TYPESET
BY HOLMES TYPOGRAPHY, SAN JOSE, CA.
Introduction
Rinzai Gigen, father of the line or school of Rinzai Zen, died
January 10th, 866 A.D. His date of birth is unknown, but it is
generally taken that his teaching career was not much longer
than a decade.
The Rinzai Line is one of the Five Houses of Zen, best thought
of as teaching styles that developed within the Zen school,
following a great master. It was brought to Japan in the 13th
century. The historical development of the Zen School is well
documented. A bibliography is appended.
Rinzai's "Record" was written by his disciples. It contains his
teachings, episodes from his training, and from his teaching
career.
As all the great Zen masters, he was firmly based on the Buddhist
teachings, conversant with the scriptures, and freely quoting
them. But rather than lip-service and routine learning, he
demands genuine insight into the scriptures, and a life lived out of
this insight. If at times he seems to deride, it is not the scriptures,
but his students, who were apt to piously and tenaciously cling to
the words rather than attempt to understand them.
Rinzai has the reputation of being extremely fierce and direct.
When he really lashes out, it is to break down attachments to
any ideal, and he is addressing seasoned monks. His seeming
contradictions are another teaching device to rout his students
from any complacency. In his Record, he speaks for himself,
clearly and decisively.
There are, however, some passages which may seem obscure.
These are worked on in meditation only, and insight into them is
tested by the Zen master. They are training subjects rather than
teaching material. But this does not mean that they are in any
way special, or "esoteric", or available only for a few. Zen is
refreshingly direct and down to earth, entirely commonsensical.
As a training it has been and is open to anybody, monk or
layman. But it has always demanded a good deal of hard training
without which the sight will not become clear.
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