SO TO ZEN - Shasta Abbey

30 Sōtō Zendisciples of Ma-tzu, the most prominent is perhaps Po-changHuai-hai (J. Hyakuj‡ Ekai, 749Ð814). He built for the first timea Zen monastery centering around a meditation hall, and, breakingaway from the traditional Buddhist vinaya, he established anew set of temple regulations called ChÕing-kuei, previouslymentioned above. Among his thirty disciples, the two most influentialwere Huang-po Hsi-yün (J. †baku Kiun, died 856) andWei-shan Ling-yu (J. Isan Reiy‰, 771Ð 853). The disciple ofHuang-po was the famous Lin-chi I-hsuan (J. Rinzai Gigen,died 867), who lived in the Lin-chi Temple to the southeast ofChen-chou-chÕeng (J. Chinshuj‡). He revealed a new style inZen and was endowed with great vitality. His line flourishedand came to exercise great influence on the entire Buddhistworld. Wei-shan Ling-yu settled on Mt. Ta-wei (J. Daii) wherehis disciples over a period of forty-two years numbered morethan a thousand. Yang-shan Hui-chi (J.Gy‡zan Ejaku 807Ð883), a disciple of Wei-shan Ling-yu, served his master forfourteen or fifteen years, then moved to Mt. Ta-yang (J. Daiy‡)in Yun-chou (J. Ensh‰) where he carried on the tradition of histeacher. The meditation practice of Wei-shan and his pupilYang-shan formed the basis for the Wei-yang School. This wasthe first of the Five Schools of Zen Buddhism in China to growextinct.One of the disciples of Shih-tÕou was Yüeh-shan Wei-yen(J. Yakusan Igen), whose disciple was Yun-yen TÕan-chÕeng