The Zen Record

Lingzhao靈照

d. early 9th centuryChanlaywomanWoman in the recordAlso: Reishō
Died
early 9th century
School
Chan

Layman Pang’s daughter, who made and sold bamboo strainers with him and, in the record of his death, took his seat and died before him. The stories give her the sharper tongue of the two.

Stories

The death of Lingzhao
death scene

When Layman Pang decided it was time to die, he sat down and told his daughter Lingzhao to go outside and see how high the sun was, and come back and tell him when it reached noon. She went out, came back, and said the sun was at noon and there was an eclipse. He went out to look.

Sources

  • Yu Di 于頔 (comp.), Pang jushi yulu 龐居士語錄 (Recorded Sayings of Layman Pang), Zokuzōkyō X.1336
  • Daoyuan (comp.), Jingde chuandeng lu 景德傳燈錄 (1004), Taishō T.2076 · link
  • Charles Muller (ed.), Digital Dictionary of Buddhism · link

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