Mahāyāna Buddhism. It developed in China from the 6th century CE onwards, becoming especially popular during the Tang and Song dynasties. Chan is the originating...

Chinese: Chán; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as the Chan School...

practice, including Tiantai, Huayan, Chan Buddhism, and Pure Land Buddhism. From its inception, Chinese Buddhism has been influenced by native Chinese...

studied in the Sōtō school of Zen to a lesser extent. In Chinese Chan and Korean Seon Buddhism, meditating on a huatou, a key phrase of a kōan, is also a major...

Seon or Sŏn Buddhism (Korean: 선; Hanja: 禪; Korean pronunciation: [sʌn]) is the Korean name for Chan Buddhism, a branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism commonly known...

禪 (chán), an abbreviation of 禪那 (chánnà; thiền na), which is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word dhyāna ("meditation"). Chinese Chan Buddhism was...

santana) of Sambhogakaya that links Dharmakaya with Nirmanakaya. In Chan Buddhism (Japanese Zen), the Sambhogakāya, along with the Dharmakāya and the...

Chinese Esoteric Buddhism refers to traditions of Tantra and Esoteric Buddhism that have flourished among the Chinese people. The Tantric masters Śubhakarasiṃha...

one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku. The Chinese Linji school of Chan Buddhism was first transmitted to Japan by Myōan...

certified in documents. Several branches of Buddhism, including Chan (including Zen and Seon) and Tibetan Buddhism maintain records of their historical teachers...

CHAN-DT, a TV station in Vancouver, Canada Chan (surname), romanization of various Chinese surnames Chan Buddhism, a school of Mahayana Buddhism Chan...

Shaolin Temple, is a monastic institution recognized as the birthplace of Chan Buddhism and the cradle of Shaolin kung fu. It is located at the foot of Wuru...

who provide one another guidance and support. Dharma is employed in Chan Buddhism in a specific context in relation to transmission of authentic doctrine...

Pure Land Buddhism or the Pure Land School (Chinese: 淨土宗; pinyin: Jìngtǔzōng) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a...

the Chan (Zen) School in China, he established the concept of "no mind". Linji Yixuan (Lin-chi), founder of the Linji school of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in...

and Gautama Buddha's robe, which covered Mahākāśyapa's remains. In Chan Buddhism, this account was less emphasized, but Mahākāśyapa was seen to have...

centuries CE. The word chán became the designation for Chan Buddhism (Korean Seon, Vietnamese Thiền, Japanese Zen). In Chinese Buddhism, following the Ur-text...

synthesis of the diversity of Buddhism that was understandable and palatable by the Chinese worldview.[citation needed] Chan Buddhism affected this synthesis...

from Buddhism, including monasticism, vegetarianism, abstention from alcohol, and the doctrine of emptiness. During the same period, Chan Buddhism grew...

Storm Over Critical Buddhism. Univ of Hawaii Press. Sharf, Robert H. (December 2017). "Buddha-nature, Critical Buddhism, and Early Chan". Critical Review...

venerated as the future or Maitreya Buddha in Chan Buddhism and Buddhist scripture. With the spread of Chan Buddhism, he also came to be venerated in Vietnam...

influential on Chinese Buddhism and also on the rest of East Asian Buddhism. Huayan thought was especially influential on Chan (Zen) Buddhism, and some scholars...

The Five Houses of Chán (also called the Five Houses of Zen) were the five major schools of Chan Buddhism that originated during Tang China. Although at...

influential traditions include Chan (Zen), Nichiren Buddhism, Pure Land, Huayan, Tiantai, and Chinese Esoteric Buddhism. These schools developed new, uniquely...

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was used by Dogen's teacher Rujing, a monk of the Caodong school of Chan Buddhism, to refer to the meditation-practice called "silent illumination" (Chinese:...

are also sacred mountains in Tibetan Buddhism, which are considered holy sites of Tibetan Buddhism. Chan Buddhism developed the Five Mountains and Ten...

6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. He is also...

religious scholar, and writer. He was one of the mainstream teachers of Chan Buddhism. He was a 57th generational dharma heir of Linji Yixuan in the Linji...

In Chan and Zen Buddhism, dharma transmission is a custom in which a person is established as a "successor in an unbroken lineage of teachers and disciples...