Taiping An 永州太平安

School: Linji | Teacher: Zhenjing Kewen

Song-dynasty Linji master of the Huanglong branch, abbot of the 太平寺 at Yongzhou (also recorded as 永州元豐太平寺安禪師). Dharma heir of 寶峰克文 (Zhenjing Kewen, 1025–1102, himself an heir of 黃龍慧南). His surviving sermon plays on Zhaozhou's stock sayings: 「有利無利,莫離行市。鎮州蘿蔔極貴,廬陵米價甚賤。爭似太平這裏,時豐道泰」 — 'Profit or no profit, don't leave the marketplace… but how does that compare with here at Taiping, where the harvest is rich and the Way is at ease?'

References: DILA Authority A020682 | DILA Authority

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