Talk:The Great Zen Master Ta Hui

It seems Prologue on CD-ROM before ch.1 is not part of events as it is not on audio/video. There are some words about Ta Hui and two sutras, on which Osho commented in 1st event too. Is this text from the editors? And i am interested if it exists in hard copy.--DhyanAntar 04:46, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

"From the Blue Cliff Record of Ta Hui's teacher, Yuan Wu:

The teacher would not offer a word of explanation, but made Ta Hui express his own view. In every case Ta Hui completely comprehended the subtle meaning. The older master exclaimed, "You must be someone who's come again!"

Yuan Wu told Ta Hui, "It wasn't easy for you to get to this stage -- too bad that having died, you are unable to come back to life. Without a doubt, words and phrases are a great disease, but haven't you seen the saying

HANGING FROM A CLIFF, LET GO --

AND AGREE TO ACCEPT THE EXPERIENCE.

AFTER ANNIHILATION, COME BACK TO LIFE --

I COULDN'T DECEIVE YOU."

Ta Hui was given a purple robe and the name "Buddha Sun" as a sign of imperial honor. Emperor Hsiao Tsung bestowed the title "Ch'an master of great wisdom" from which the name of Ta Hui comes.

It was eleven sixty-three, on the ninth day of the eighth month, after showing signs of illness, when Ta Hui told the congregation of monks, nuns, and lay-people, "Tomorrow I'm going." Towards the pre-dawn hours, his attendant asked Ta Hui for a verse. In a serious voice Ta Hui said, "Without a verse, I couldn't die." He took up the brush and wrote:

BIRTH IS THUS

DEATH IS THUS

VERSE OR NO VERSE

WHAT'S THE FUSS?

Then he let go of the writing brush and passed on."

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Looking at the book, indeed it is a separate Preface, before chapter 1, with the same text. The CD-ROM has several typos (corrected above), and different lettering: capitals for the verses, where the book has no capitals. --Sugit (talk) 07:11, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

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Oh, thank you. Then can you add info on Preface on main page please?--DhyanAntar 08:01, 21 October 2019 (UTC)