Abstract

Southern School of Chinese Buddhism is the occurrence of Zen Buddhism in India after six years. After a long six years of the absorption and digestion, Chinese Buddhism has become different from the style of the original Indian Buddhism, not only mature but also innovation. Northern and Southern Dynasties classic translation quite rich, and so the formation of a variety of schools, such as into a real school, all combined school, school adjoin Tan, Nirvana school, etc., Sui and Tang dynasties integration thirteen size multiplied by the school into eight Great Buddhist sects, Zen Buddhism to flourish than Tiantai, Hua-yen should be slow, one of the factors for the reaction by the doctrine of reasonable attempt to teach from the three-by-twelfth of the theoretical analysis of the ideology of traditional Buddhism, Zen, so the starting point is to free relief, keeping the mind lively, with Santa Claus to religious, through life, to see the world, the Buddha said degree of the line who will pass later this epiphany Famennian. Hongzhou Zen is living in Matsu Road, Kaiyuan Temple, Ling Zhong, Jiangxi Hongzhou espoused when the meditation, and his disciples to glorify the common heritage of the door were the origins of a vein, under the Chinese Zen lay a good deep-rooted style, it features real gratitude and remembered for future generations. The style of Zen master Mar-zuh-dau-yii Mar-zuh-Dau-yii was a famous zen master in Chinese Buddhism history. He abounded of creation, and gave a good basement for Chinese zen sect. When he was 24 years old, always meaditated whole day long, at south mountain he met his guru-Stone si-chen, Stone guru asked him: "Why do you meditate?" Mar-zuh answered: "I want to be a Buddha. "So, Guru Stone picked a piece of brick ground on the stone. Dau-yii asked him:" What are you doing? "Stone answered:" To make a mirrow. "This made Dau-yii laught. Stone said:" Do you feel ridiculous? that's the same for you. How can you be a Buddha just by meditation? "This question stung Dau-yii deeply, finally he realized and get enlightment. The most important teaching of Dau-yii is:" The mind is Buddha. "" No mind, no Buddha. "" Non mind, Non Buddha, Non it. "