釋氏要覽 3.255

3.255

Thicket and forest (araṇya / congling): The Dazhuangyan lun states: "The assembly of monks is indeed a thicket and forest of superior wisdom; all virtuous practices and deeds gather within it." Also, in Sanskrit it is called piṇḍavana, translated here as thicket and forest, so named because the patriarch Śāṇavāsa resided there. Cao Creek (Caoxi): Below Mount Shuangfeng in Shaozhou, formerly the residence of Cao Shuliang, grandson of Marquis Wu of the Jin; Baolin Monastery was built there, and the Sixth Patriarch, Master [Hui]neng, resided in it. Chan market (chansi): The Gaoseng zhuan states: "In the second year of the Tianbao era of the Qi, it was imperial decreed that separate Chan markets be established in all prefectures." Green Forest (qinglin): The place where the Western Heaven patriarch Śāṇavāsa expounded the Dharma. Chan cave (chanku): The disciples of Chan Master Ruhui of the Eastern Monastery in Hunan were so numerous that the beds in the hall broke and collapsed under them; at that time it was honorifically called the Chan cave. Shaolin and Shaoshi: The place where Master Bodhidharma faced the wall for nine years. Apple Orchard (naiyuan): The Neidian lu states: "When Faxiu, a Chan master of Jibin, first arrived in Dunhuang, he did not build meditation chambers, but cleared a hundred mu of garden and planted a thousand apple trees. The meditation community was dense and orderly; those who hastened there were like clouds."