Lǚyán Hé chánshī yǔlù 侶巖荷禪師語錄

Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Lǚ-yán Hé by (說), 成純 (等記錄)

Seven-juan yǔlù of Lǚyán Hé 侶巖荷 (lifedates unknown, active 1675–1685), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Tiānàn Běnshēng 天岸本昇 (1620–1673) in the Mìyún Yuánwù 密雲圓悟 → Tiāntóng 天童 line. Recorded by his attendant Chéngchún 成純 děng jìlù. Two prefaces dated 康熙乙丑 = 1685: by his dharma-cousin Tiāntóngshān Xiǎoxī Běnxī 天童山曉皙本晳 (lunar 9), and by lay disciple Chén Liàng 陳量 (Buddha’s Birthday).

Documents teaching at three lower-Yangtze abbacies: Húzhōu Wūshān Lóngquánān 湖州烏山龍泉菴 (the seat giving him his sobriquet Lóngquán 龍泉); Tiáochéng Shīzǐlín 苕城師子林; Ānjízhōu Lóngshān Dōngchánsì 安吉州龍山東禪寺. notBefore = 1675 (post-Běn-shēng-death abbacy onset, ca. 1675); notAfter = 1685 (prefaces). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J39 B452.

Contents. Juan 1: two prefaces; Lóngquánān yǔlù; Shīzǐlín yǔlù. Juan 2: Dōngchánsì yǔlù. Juan 3: shìzhōng jǔgǔ; sònggǔ. Juan 4: chuídài. Juan 5: jīyuán. Juan 6–7: (poetry — including kū běnshī héshàng 哭本師和尚 mourning his teacher Běnshēng, shòu birthday-verses for fellow monks 法雷, 燈 etc., consolation verses, shìtú 示徒, shì chánzhě zhùshān 示禪者住山).

Tiyao

Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J39 B452).

  • CBETA
  • DILA authority: A019629 (侶巖荷), A037610 (成純)
  • Dharma-teacher: Tiānàn Běnshēng 天岸本昇 (1620–1673, DILA A016456)
  • Dharma-cousin / preface-author: Shānxiǎo Běnxī 山曉本晳