Joshu Jushin, also known as Chao-chou Ts\'ung-shen (778-897), was one of the great Ch\'an (Zen) masters of ancient China.
He lives in Vietnam..
He is also the translator of The Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Joshu.
About the Author: James Green is a longtime Zen student and former monk who is a disciple of the renowned Japanese Zen Master and artist Keido Fukushima Roshi.
Included here are Joshu\'s sayings, dialogues, poems, records of his pilgrimages, as well as a short biography.
His Sayings and dialogues have been preserved in the Zen literature as timeless and potent manifestations of the enlightened experience.
It was this ability to express the true nature of the enlightened mind in a way that was pithy and succinct that made his teaching so influential.
It is said of Joshu that his "lips emitted light" because his manner of teaching was to speak words that so profoundly expressed Zen realization that students often had immediate insight.
Joshu Jushin, also known as Chao-chou Ts\'ung-shen (778-897), was one of the great Ch\'an (Zen) masters of ancient China
