Buddhist monk
, or Rankei Doryu (c. 1213 - 1278) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, idealist philosopher, and is the founder of the Kenchō-ji sect, which is a branch of the Rinzai school. Posthumous he was given the name Dajue Zen Master, which was Daikaku Zenji or just Daikaku in Japanese.
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Alternative Names:
Rankei Dōryū
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Doryu Rankei
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Lanqi Daolong
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Lanfi Daolong
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Rankei Doryu
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Zen practice is not clarifying conceptual distinctions, but throwing away one's preconceived views and notions and the sacred texts and all the rest, and piercing through the layers of coverings over the spring of self behind them. All the holy ones have turned within and sought in the self, and by this went beyond all doubt. To turn within means all the twenty-four hours and in every situation, to pierce one by one through the layers covering the self, deeper and deeper, to a place which cannot be described. It is when thinking comes to an end and making distinctions ceases, when wrong views and ideas disappear of themselves without having to be driven forth, when without being sought the true action and true impulse appear of themselves. It is when one can know what is the truth of the heart.