Buddhism
南華寺
Nanhua Temple
“By the waters of Caoxi, where the mind brightens all at once”
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Scenes
Meaning
Red halls stand in the shade of old cedars, and incense smoke drifts quietly toward the Patriarch Hall, where the Sixth Patriarch's true body is said to rest.
A temple at Caoxi said to have been founded in the sixth century, where Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan, is held to have long dwelt and taught the Southern School's way of sudden awakening. His teachings are gathered in the Platform Sutra, and tradition holds that his preserved body is enshrined here.
Field notes
- Location
- Shaoguan · Caoxi · N24.6° · E113.6°
- Best time
- Morning, while the daily service is being chanted.
- Getting there
- From central Shaoguan, travel out to Caoxi.
- Etiquette
- Quiet is appreciated in spaces of worship and practice.
Sources
- · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- · 『육조단경(六祖壇經)』 (전거)
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