Mazu Daoyi was an influential abbot of Chan Buddhism during the Tang dynasty.
10 Facts About Mazu Daoyi
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Mazu Daoyi is known as the founder of the Hongzhou school of Zen.
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Mazu Daoyi was born in 709 northwest of Chengdu in Sichuan.
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Mazu Daoyi strode along like a bull and glared about him like a tiger.
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Traditionally, Mazu Daoyi is depicted as a successor in the lineage of Huineng, since his teacher Nanyue Huairang is regarded as a student and successor of Huineng.
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Mazu Daoyi is perhaps the most influential teaching master in the formation of Chan Buddhism.
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Mazu Daoyi is credited with the innovations of using katsu, keisaku and unexpectedly calling to a person by name as that person is leaving.
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Mazu Daoyi employed silent gestures, non-responsive answers to questions, and was known to grab and twist the nose of a disciple.
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Mazu Daoyi appears in later Song dynasty Chan anthologies of transmission, encounter dialogue and koans:.
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Mazu Daoyi observed dryly that Zhiang had white hair, while Baizhang's was black.