What is the information of the Pu an patriarch? Patriarch Pu an is a Buddha or a Taoist

Pu'an Zen Master (1236 1289), common surname Xiao, legal name Pu'an, the word Yao, Wutai Mountain Xiyue Temple (now Linxi Town, Baoxing County) was born, is the late Southern Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty Zen master, is the abbot of Hangzhou Jingci Temple, because the abbot of the abbot Nunnery (now Nanjing's Linggu Temple) called Pu'an Zen Master. Zen Rinzai sect (the epitaph of the Buddha of the Caodong sect records: "Xuanzhi Miaozong, the first style of Dongyu, Yaozhi built Zhongshan, to Huineng Zong, Guangyue Zhiye, out of the Pu'an, known as the golden essence").

Pu'an Zen Master emphasized that the Rinzai sect has always been in the association of breaking the pass Zen method, Pu'an Zen Master is famous throughout the country, known as the "Six Ancestors of the Southern Sect", in the history of Chinese Buddhism is a Buddhist master with a high prestige. He once traveled to Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province) many times to teach disciples and established a Zen base camp there, where many people with extremely high spiritual qualifications and understandings received spiritual guidance. The life and deeds of Pu'an Zen Master have been explained by many Buddhist scriptures, and the representative works include "Pu'an Zen Master's Quotations" (also known as "Pu'an Hundred Songs") and so on.

Patriarch Pu'an is both Buddha and Tao, and Patriarch Pu'an practiced both Buddhism and Taoism when he was alive. Pu'an patriarch, a monk of the Southern Song Dynasty, formerly known as Yu Yinsu, was born in Yulunqiaofang Village, Cihua Town, Yuanzhou District, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province. As the thirteenth descendant of the Rinzai sect, he spent his life diligently cultivating and reaching out to all sentient beings, fulfilling Bodhi vows.

Legend has it that when he was 6 years old, he met a Buddhist monk in a dream, pointed to his chest with his hand, and woke up to find that there was a red dot on his chest, thinking that he was related to the Buddha, so he decided to become a monk.

The patriarch of Pu'an came to this orange to Shoulong Temple, worshiped the monk Zhengxian as a teacher, began to devote himself to practice, recited the "Lotus Sutra", and said: "The Buddha's Xuanzhi, you understand in the heart, count the ink and follow the line, what is the benefit of the Tao." It can be seen that his comprehension is different from ordinary people.

Pu'an patriarch uses his own wonderful arts, heals people, and prays for rain on the altar, is respected by people, is affectionately called "Zen Master of Silence", "Huiqing Zen Master" and so on, to the time of the Ming Dynasty, because of the influence of its Pu'an mantra, it is called "Bodhisattva" by the people who are cutting fiercely.

1. Since the 10th year of Emperor Yongping of the Eastern Han Dynasty (67 AD), after the Xizhu Buddhist scriptures were introduced into China, the Chinese temples enshrined the Buddha statues of the Four Heavenly Kings, the Twelve Yuanjue, the Twenty Heavens, the Eighteen and even the Five Hundred Arhats.

2. Pu'an (1115-1169), a monk of the Southern Song Dynasty, belongs to the Linji legal system, is a native of Yichun, Jiangxi Province, with the common surname Yu, the name Yinsu, and the number Pu'an, living in Taipingli, Shili Township, Yichun County, that is, Yufang Village, Cihua Town, Yuanzhou District, Yichun City. In the Tang Dynasty, the monk Sima Toutuo, who was proficient in feng shui, had been to this place and left a bell to remember the clouds: there is a seven-star mountain in Nanshan, the Hai vein should be in the direction of Bing, and the peak in front of him is like a hanging flag, and the Buddha is not embarrassed.

<>1. Since the 10th year of Emperor Yongping of the Eastern Han Dynasty (67 AD), after the Xizhu Buddhist scriptures were introduced to China, the Chinese temples enshrined the Buddha statues of the Four Heavenly Kings, the Twelve Circles of Jue Ma Closed, the Twenty Heavens, the Eighteen and even the Five Hundred Arhats.

2. Pu'an (1115-1169), a monk of the Southern Song Dynasty, belongs to the Linji legal system, is a native of Yichun, Jiangxi Province, the common family name Yu, the name Yinsu, the number Pu'an, lives in Taipingli, Shili Township, Yichun County, that is, Yufang Village, Cihua Town, Yuanzhou District, Yichun City. In the Tang Dynasty, the monk Sima Toutuo, who was proficient in feng shui, had been here, and left a bell to remember the clouds: there is a seven-star ridge in Nanshan, the Hai vein should be in the direction of Bing, and the peak in front of him is like a hanging flag, and the Buddha is not embarrassed.

1.Pu'an patriarch's common family name is Yu, the name is Yinsu, the number is Pu'an, Yuanzhou Yichun (that is, Yufang Village, Cihua Town, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province) people, the father's name is Zhuo, the word Junqi, and the mother Huang (its tomb is still there).

2.He was born on November 27, 1115 AD.

3.When he was young, he was happy and kind.

4.In August 1134, he became a monk in Shoulong Temple, and worshiped the monk Zhengxian as a teacher.

5.Yinsu was wise, diligent in study, and his teacher was very important, and he was awarded the "Lotus Sutra".

6.On April 8, 1141, he became a monk and was ordained in the Kaiyuan Temple in the north of Yichun City.

In July 1156, because the abbot of Shoulong Temple, the monk Zhengxian monk Shun Lone, and the abbot of Shoulong Temple, and Feng Yu also managed Shoulong Temple, from January 1166 to December 1168, presided over the newly built Zen temple - Nanquan Cihua Temple.

8.Pu'an monks have been practicing the Tao and are familiar with the "Huayan Sutra".

9.He died on July 21, 1169.

10.On November 1 of the same year, he entered the tower with a golden body and died at the age of fifty.

11.Now about one mile southwest of Cihua Town, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, Nanquan Mountain retains the remains of Cihua Temple presided over by Pu'an Patriarch and rebuilt in previous dynasties.

12.There are many pieces of cultural relics in it, such as: White Cow Tower, Snot Bell, Ganren Ding and so on.

13.Rejoice in the prosperous times, all kinds of wastes are prosperous, Cihua Temple returned to Buddhism in 1991 (formerly Cihua Town Grain Station occupied), the front and rear two halls were rebuilt, the front hall re-shaped the golden body of the patriarch of Pu'an, there is a snot bell tower built in the middle, and the apse is dedicated to the Buddhas.

14.After the death of the patriarch of Pu'an, he was awarded seven edicts by the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties because of "the meritorious deeds of the miracle and the meritorious service of protecting the country and the people".

15.Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty in the first year of Jiaxi (1237 AD) in May because of the prayer for rain should be edicted as "Silent Zen Master", and in February of the tenth year of Chunyou (1250 AD), he prayed for rain and stopped drought again and was named "Miaoji Zen Master"; In October of the third year of Baoyou (1255 AD), he was named "Zhenjue Zen Master" for praying for the end of the plague in Kyoto; Emperor Duzong of the Song Dynasty in April of the fifth year of Xianchun (1269) was awarded the title of "Zhaozhen Zen Master" because of the edict of praying for rain and stopping drought; Emperor Chengzong of the Yuan Dynasty was crowned as "Dade Zen Master" in July of the fourth year of Dade (1300) because of his gratitude; Emperor Renzong of the Yuan Dynasty was crowned as "Huiqing Zen Master" on March 2 in the first year of Huangqing (1312 AD); In the eighteenth year of Hongwu (1385 AD), Taizu of the Ming Dynasty gave the Dragon Pavilion Que card and inscribed the Cihua Temple on the Que plate as "the first Zen forest in the world"; Emperor Chengzong of the Ming Dynasty was crowned on December 13 of the 18th year of Yongle (1420 AD) as the Bodhisattva of the Supreme Benevolence, Hongren, Yuantong, Wisdom, Silence, Miaoying, Tzu Chi Zhenjue, Zhaozhen, Huiqing, Protector of the Country, and Missionary Virtue.

16.Pu'an patriarch in the Yuan Wenzong to Shun period (AD 1331) from Yuanzhou to Dehua Longhu Temple has been clearly recorded, but when from Dehua to Jinjiang Linkou, because of the passage of time can not be investigated, but from the five-color flag preserved in Linkou Village, Luoshan Town, Jinjiang City, "Shi out of Longhu Temple" and the old Qi'an Hall couplet "from Longhu" and other signs and several times to Dehua Longhu Temple incense to pay homage to the ancestors, it can be considered that the Pu'an Patriarch of Linkou Village from Yuanzhou and Dehua to Linkou is a fact.

17.After the patriarch of Pu'an came to Linkou, he protected the land and the people, and was very spiritual, and there were many stories of the ancestors appearing among the people.