Of the Pan 潘 family of Huaining in Shuzhou. Caodong master of Huguo monastery on Tiantai. Dharma heir of Ruibai Mingxue. His teaching in the 五燈全書: asked to set aside the wondrous mind of nirvana and simply declare the treasury of the true dharma eye, he said 'auspicious vapour fills the courtyard'; asked then what the wondrous mind of nirvana might be, he said 'lucky clouds cupping the sun'.
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