The Development Of Lin Ji Zen Thought In Song Dynasty

We will study the forms and the reasons of the Lin Ji Zen developments in the article. The full text is in two parts. The first part is from chapter 1 to chapter 6 and the second part is chapter 7.We will study every form of Lin Ji Zen, and the Lin Ji Writing Zen and the social culture thought of Lin Ji Zen in the first part. We will study the reasons that Lin Ji Zen evolved in the second part. Viewing the evolution of the Zen, we discover a clear phenomenon that it turns more and more into emphasizing the theories, and the execution, and the regulations and have clear direction of meditation Buddhist allegorical word in Yi Xuan ages. Yi Xuan originated Lin Ji Zen in later Tang Dynasty. Arriving north Sung dynasty early stage, it has already continued some generations. Great changes had taken place in every social aspects of North Sung comparing the tang dynasty. Therefore, Shan Zhao had strengthened the foundation education of Zen, made use a great deal of" carefree furniture", perfected Lin Ji Zen theories when propagate doctrines of the Zen. Lin Ji Zen expanded quickly toward whole country because Shan Zhao adjusted the Zen. With the development of social antinomy in the north middle of Sung Dynasty, the words that society get into " the end ages" raised obviously in Buddhist monk's speech. In order to adapt the condition, Huang Long Hui Nan and Yang Qi Fang Hui had made adjusted in the aspects of clear and define target of practice meditation and explaining truth. The typical example is Huang Long Hui Nan's Zen thought because he put to use Huang Long Three Pass. Because Hui Nan made use of Three Passes that contain abundant meaning, it became the fact that the pupils pursued and investigated the Huang Long Three Passes. Pursuing and investigating Huang Long Three Passes, Lin Ji Zen went forward one step in the clear target of practicing meditation. Because military conflict, the social antinomy turn so serious that affected the zenners faith in North Sung later and South Sung earlier. In order to adapt this kind of circumstance, Da Hui Zong Gao perfected the system of Kan Hua Zen, and made it coming up to the unprecedented height in solving truth. At the same time, Lin Ji Zen combine with the Jing Tu thought that make practice meditation target clearer and the method of practice Zen simpler. This way of practice meditation did not change until modern, so it means that Lin Ji Zen had completed transformation from ancient to modern. The Writing Zen developed quickly in the middle of North Sung Dynasty, and henceforth, the multiform Writing Zen emerged successively. The emergence and developments of the Writing Zen are a result that the culture of Sung Dynasty developed highly. It also reflects the development of Sung Zen culture. Harmonious and " Free Oneself" is the core of Lin Ji Zen's social thought. On this foundation, Lin Ji Zen has the thoughts of changing on the situation; its morals ethics thought support the harmonious. Hui Hong's verse and the verse theories are close related with his Zen thoughts. This text analyzes that Zen thought include some social cultural thoughts. They are expounded propagated when the Zen develops to certain extent because Zen includes some social cultural thoughts. But they are limited in certain scope because of the Chinese political characteristics.