Study On The Zen Thought Of Matsu Daoyi

Matsu Daoyi is a landmark characters in the History of the Chinese zen Buddhism,and he is a Groundbreaking characters after Huineng in the History of the Chinese zen Buddhism.In this paper, We made a relatively systematic study on Matsu Daoyi and his Hong Zhou sect. This paper aims to interpret his Theory base.ideological core,practice patterns and initiations ways.In addition to the introduction and conclusion, this paper main body includes four parts:The first part,the life of Matsu Daoyi.The second part, The Zen tought of Matsu Daoyi:"ture heart is the Buddha’"’"non-heart is the Buddha","common heart is the Buddha"."ture heart is the Buddha"is mportant proposition and starting point of The Zen tought of Matsu Daoyi.He considered Buddha nature is everyone’s treasure,everyone must be to search within the heart can realize their liberation."non-heart is the Buddha "meaning can be summed up in three points:first, different counseling methods and meditation state;second, Describe and cover, Complement each other; Three, beyond language, realize the Tao.Matse Daoyi gave a idea of "common heart is the Buddha" in the base of "ture heart is the Buddha"and "non-heart is the Buddha",he Stress to develop their own Buddha nature from daily life.The third part, the way of enlightenment of Matsu. Start from matsu, the way of enlightenment changed, there is no longer just the zen buddhist principles and ideas, but more adopts the flexible teaching way focus on each Characters and root for specific situation.The fourth part, the inheritors of Matsu. There are many excellent inheritors of Matsu.they Created a new situation of the zen.