Tiānyī Yuè chánshī yǔlù 天一悅禪師語錄
Recorded Sayings of Chán Master Tiān-yī Yuè by 大悅 (說), 學愚 (錄)
Single-juan yǔlù of Tiānyī Dàyuè 大悅 天一大悅 (1631 – 1697-11/12, age 67), LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Shànquán Dáwèi 達位 (1619–1684, cf. KR6q0581). Recorded by his attendant Xuéyú 學愚 lù. notBefore ≈ 1684 (post-Dá-wèi-death abbacy succession at Sōngkuī); notAfter = 1697 (death). Printed as Jiāxīng Canon J39 B470.
Contents. Single juan: preface; abbacy yǔlù; xíngshí preserving the master’s death-statement: “Wúmiè hòu bùláo pánxīn fèishì, shēngzàng kě yě” 滅後不勞盤薪費事生葬可也 (“After my passing, do not waste effort on fuel and ceremony — burial without cremation will suffice”). Final words yánqì ér shì 言訖而逝 (“speaking thus, he passed away”).
Tiyao
Not applicable — Jiā-xīng-canon imprint (J39 B470).
Other points of interest
The master’s explicit rejection of cremation in his final instructions is unusual within Chinese Buddhist mortuary practice — paralleling the similar but more elaborate sānjìn of Shānduó Zhēnzài 真在 (cf. KR6q0534 juan 1). Like Zhēnzài’s instructions to scatter his bones into rivers, Dàyuè’s shēngzàng directive challenges the standard Chán cremation cycle observed elsewhere in J39 (e.g. KR6q0557’s detailed mortuary cycle for Sānshān Dēnglái).