Dhyana Master Wenyi (Literary Benefit)
of the Fayan (Dharma Eye) School
The Master was the son of the Lu family of Yuhang, Hangzhou. He went to study under Dhyana Master Dizang. One day, as he was just about to take his leave, Master Dizang asked him, “Senior-seated one,
let us discuss how the three realms are made from mind alone; and how the ten thousand dharmas are only consciousness’ creation.” He then pointed to a rock in the yard, and said, “Tell me: Is this rock inside or
outside your mind?”
The Master replied, “Inside my mind.”
Master Dizang said, “Why would a practitioner who travels in search of the Way put a rock inside his own mind?”
The Master could not come up with a reply. He immediately put down his satchel and decided to stay in order to reach a decisive understanding. After about a month, he presented his views, with which he attempted to explain the above principle.
Master Dizang told him, “The Buddhadharma is not like that.”
The Master said, “I’ve come to the end of my understanding, and I’ve run out of principles.”
Master Dizang said, “In discussing the Buddhadharma, everything is already evident.”
Thereupon the Master had a great awakening. Afterwards he presided over three monasteries in Jinling. During the seventh month of the fifth year (958 c.e.) of the Xiande reign period of the latter Zhou Dynasty,
the emperor personally came to make obeisance and to inquire after the Master. One day the Master shaved his head, bathed, and bade farewell to the assembly. He sat in full lotus and departed. His posthumous title
was Dhyana Master Great Dharma Eye. His stupa was called “Devoid of Characteristics.
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