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Wu-men Hui-k'ai

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    Wu-men Hui-k'ai

    Wu-men Hui-k'ai (1183–1260). Chinese Buddhist. Successor of Wu-tsu Fa-yen in the Yang-ch'i line of Rinzai, although in an offshoot represented in the teacher Yüeh-an Shan-kuo, whose dharma-successor (hassu) he became. He was also taught by Yueh-lin, who set him the mu kōan; after six years he had not progressed through it, and he resolved not to sleep until he did so. In a desperate state, he heard the midday drum, and reached enlightenment. 

    From: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-WumenHuikai.html

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    Ten thousand flowers

    Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
    a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
    If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things,
    this is the best season of your life.

    --from The Enlightened Heart, edited Stephen Mitchell

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