It should be Zen Master Yangshan of the Weiyang Sect of Zen Buddhism. He is known as the Little Sakyamuni of Chinese Buddhism. He was a native of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. Zhiyuelu recorded: "A Brahma monk came from the sky, and the master said: "How far away is it from?", and said: "Western Heaven." And this Brahma monk said: "I came to the east to pay homage to Manjushri, but I met the little Sakyamuni." So he sent him I got some Sanskrit books (Bedo leaves) from Zen Master Yangshan, paid homage to Yangshan and then left by air. From then on, everyone called him "Little Sakyamuni". The Arhat from the West came from the sky to ask for help more than once. Someone from the disciples saw him and asked about it.

When Yangshan was studying with Weishan, one day, the master asked his disciple: In the forty volumes of the Nirvana Sutra, how many are said by Buddha and how many are said by demons? Yangshan said: Master! I think it’s all what the devil said. Weishan was very happy after hearing this and said: "There is nothing left for future generations to do." Yangshan asked the master again: "Wisdom of Silence is a matter of one period, where is the practice?" It means that although what I said is right, my heart is still uneasy; I know what happened in the first period, I have reached the point of view, and I have reached a certain realm, but what is my "action"?

Xinglu includes psychological behavior, the motivation for doing things, and the word "lu" also includes kung fu. Weishan answered him with a famous saying: "You only have a clear eye, not a person's actions." In other words, as long as you have the right view, you don't have to worry about the subsequent cultivation efforts, because if you have the right view, you will definitely be on your way to attaining enlightenment. We are afraid that our views will be wrong, and no matter how good our skills are, our actions will be wrong.

Therefore, later generations misunderstood that Zen Buddhism pays attention to views and not to Kung Fu. In fact, every patriarch has a lot of ups and downs in terms of views, cultivation, and vows, and they are barely good at it. Weishan's words are what a genius master says to his genius disciples. We are not Yangshan, and these words may not necessarily apply to us.

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