百丈怀海Bai-zhang Huai-hai（749年－814年），俗姓王，名怀海，
为马祖道一门下 Student of Ma-zu Dao-yi，承继洪州宗 Hong-zhou School禅法。
因居洪州大雄山百丈岩（位于今之江西宜春市奉新县），人称百丈怀海。
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唐朝百丈怀海禅师，承继开创丛林的马祖道一禅师以后，立下一套极有系统的丛林规矩－百丈清规，所谓 ‘马祖创丛林，百丈立清规’ - Ma-zu founded the school and Bai-zhang erected the disciplines，即是此意。
弟子们阻止不了禅师服务的决心，只好将禅师所用的扁担、锄头等工具藏起来，不让他做工。
百丈禅师无奈，只好用不吃饭的绝食行为抗议，弟子们焦急的问道为何不饮不食？
百丈禅师道：‘既然没有工作，那能吃饭？’
ZM Bai-zhang said: since not working, how can eat rice?
弟子们没办法，只好将工具又还给他，让他随众生活。
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唐朝百丈怀海禅师，承继开创丛林的马祖道一禅师以后，立下一套极有系统的丛林规矩－百丈清规，所谓 ‘马祖创丛林，百丈立清规’ - Ma-zu founded the school and Bai-zhang erected the disciplines，即是此意。
百丈禅师倡导一日不作一日不食的农禅生活。
Bai-zhang is the one that promoted " A day without work, a day without food" concept of Zen Farming Lifestyle.
曾经也遇到许多的困难，因为佛教一向以戒为规范的生活，而百丈禅师改进制度，以农禅为生活了，甚至有人批评他为外道。
因他所住持的丛林在百丈山的绝顶，故又号百丈禅师，他每日除了领众修行外，必亲执劳役，勤苦工作，对生活中的自食其力，极其认真，对于平常的琐碎事务，尤不肯假手他人。
渐渐的，百丈禅师年纪老了，但他每日仍随众上山担柴、下田种地，因为农禅生活，就是自耕自食的生活。
渐渐的，百丈禅师年纪老了，但他每日仍随众上山担柴、下田种地，因为农禅生活，就是自耕自食的生活。
弟子们毕竟不忍心让年迈的师父做这种粗重的工作，因此，大众恳请他不要随众出坡(劳动服务)，但百丈禅师仍以坚决的口吻说道：
‘我无德劳人，人生在世，若不亲自劳动，岂不成废人？’
‘我无德劳人，人生在世，若不亲自劳动，岂不成废人？’
I have no virtue from work, life in this world, if do not personally work, then as if become a useless person?
弟子们阻止不了禅师服务的决心，只好将禅师所用的扁担、锄头等工具藏起来，不让他做工。
百丈禅师无奈，只好用不吃饭的绝食行为抗议，弟子们焦急的问道为何不饮不食？
百丈禅师道：‘既然没有工作，那能吃饭？’
ZM Bai-zhang said: since not working, how can eat rice?
弟子们没办法，只好将工具又还给他，让他随众生活。
百丈禅师的这种 ‘一日不作，一日不食’的精神，也就成为丛林千古的楷模！
有人以为参禅，不但要摒绝尘缘，甚至工作也不必去做，认为只要打坐就可以了。
其实不做工作，离开生活，那里还有禅呢？
百丈禅师为了拯救禅者的时病，不但服膺一日不作，一日不食的生活，甚至还喊出‘搬柴运水无非是禅’的口号。
不管念佛也好，参禅也好，修行不是懒惰的借口，希望现代的禅者听一听百丈禅师的声音！
不管念佛也好，参禅也好，修行不是懒惰的借口，希望现代的禅者听一听百丈禅师的声音！
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I have shared this story before. :)
As GM Lu said: Live one day, cultivate one day.
AND, everything is cultivation!
Eating is nourishing one's body or form thus a method of upkeeping or maintaining one's ability to cultivate and help others.
In recent article, Nun Liao-ran burnt her own face to make it ugly in order to be accepted into Zen school to study Zen.
Boddhidharma's successor, Hui-ke, amputated one of his own arms, to cleanse himself.
Injuring one's body is anathema to Sakyamuni buddha's teaching! :)
Like burning self to death, a common way for Buddhist monks and nuns to stage protests against authority, breach a very important precepts of Killing.
Killing self or others is breach of one of the 5 precepts!
Knowing the First Elemental Truth, or being enlightened fully, One is impervious to external or internal environmental conditions.
Is there need to damage One's own form?
Remember the "Broken stove spirit" story shared in this blog?
Your very own Buddha Nature has no fixed form nor place to abide.
Everything must have your own efforts!
Cheers all
Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef
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