Chinese Poem on Buddhist Teachings 1666 Nanyuan Xingpai (Japanese: Nangen Sh?ha) ???? The ?baku monk Nanyuan Xingpai, better known by his Japanese name Nangen Sh?ha, has inscribed in vigorously brushed cursive characters of a Chinese poem with four seven-character lines on Buddhist enlightenment. Befitting the outlook of a monk who lived in temples from his teens until he died, the verse suggests that the profound teachings of ?baku Zen Buddhism, though hard to fathom as the deepest seas, can offer respite from woes and suffering that life in the everyday world poem can be tentativ

Chinese Poem on Buddhist Teachings 1666 Nanyuan Xingpai (Japanese: Nangen Sh?ha) ???? The ?baku monk Nanyuan Xingpai, better known by his Japanese name Nangen Sh?ha, has inscribed in vigorously brushed cursive characters of a Chinese poem with four seven-character lines on Buddhist enlightenment. Befitting the outlook of a monk who lived in temples from his teens until he died, the verse suggests that the profound teachings of ?baku Zen Buddhism, though hard to fathom as the deepest seas, can offer respite from woes and suffering that life in the everyday world poem can be tentatively deciphered and translated as follows????????????????????????????Amid the affairs of the world, focus your mind on saving people. When the gate is unlocked, rain falls on all indiscriminately. Even if one seeks a thousand cures from a doctor’s blue satchel. The secret to removing suffering remains as profound as the seas.(Trans. Xiaohan Du)In his calligraphy Nanyuan followed the style of his master Yingyuan, and adheres to the conventions of bold, cursive Ming styles adopted by so many in the ?baku lineage in Japan. Though briskly brushed, the characters are evenly spaced and arranged in clearly demarcated columns. The general impression is one of orderliness overall, but with spontaneity for each character. The work is dated to the summer of 1666, when the monk was 35 years Xingpai, born with the surname Lin ? in Fuzhou prefecture of Fujian province, began his religious training at age fourteen in Mount Huangbo (Japanese: ?baku) in China. He studied there with Yingyuan Longqi (later known by the Japanese pronunciation of his name, Ingen Ry?ki), and in 1654 followed his master to Japan. He became a dharma successor to Yingyuan in 1671, and founded various ?baku sect branch temples in Japan, and served at Kokubunji in Osaka ????? beginning in 1680. He is also recognized for his work revitalizing Sh?k?ji ???. Not only was he an expert calligrapher in the Ming-inf

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