寶誌

Readings

Pinyin: Bǎozhì

Wade-Giles: Pao-chih

Hangul: 보지

Korean MC: Boji

Korean MR: Poji

Katakana: ホウシ

Hepburn: Hōshi

Baozhi

• (418–514) Chinese monk. Born in Jinsheng 金城, he studied Buddhism—especially meditation—at the Daolinsi 道林寺. He was noted for leading an eccentric lifestyle—wandering around with no fixed abode, composing poetry, and engaging in fortune-telling. The latter activity got him in trouble with the authorities, and the emperor had him thrown into jail. But it is said that even while he was supposed to be in jail, he was seen wandering around the markets. He is said to have been a colleague of Baoliang 寶亮. He is attributed with the authorship of the Dasheng zan 大乘讚, Shiershi song 十二時頌, and the Shisikesong 十四科頌. Also known as Baozhi 寶志, 保志, 保誌, and publicly as Baogong 寶公, Zhigong 誌公 and 誌公和尙. Posthumously titled 妙覺大師. 〔景德傳燈錄 T 2076.51.429c21〕[resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi, FGD]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 966

Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata), 80,99,164,251,335,346,356,402,420

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1130a

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 337

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 644

Fo Guang Dictionary, 6759

Ding Fubao, {Digital Version}

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4600a

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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