Caodong school (Chinese: 曹洞宗; pinyin: Cáodòng zōng; Wade–Giles: Ts'ao-tung-tsung) is a Chinese Chan Buddhist branch and one of the Five Houses of Chán...

studied Caodong Buddhism and returned to Japan to establish the Sōtō school. The Caodong school is still a respectable Chinese Chán school and is second...

iconoclastic Chán-master; Caodong school (曹洞宗), named after masters Dongshan Liangjie (807–869) and Caoshan Benji (840–901); Yunmen school (雲門宗), named after...

Hongzhou school (historical) Five Houses of Chán Caodong school Fayan school (absorbed into Linji school) Guiyang school Linji school Yunmen school (absorbed...

differently. The phrase was used by Dogen's teacher Rujing, a monk of the Caodong school of Chan Buddhism, to refer to the meditation-practice called "silent...

Caodong school (Chinese: 曹洞宗), which was transmitted to Japan in the thirteenth century (Song-Yuan era) by Dōgen and developed into the Sōtō school of...

the Linji school and the Caodong school were transmitted outside of China to Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Sōtō is the Japanese line of Caodong and it was...

emphasized Silent Illumination. Prime factions are the Linji school and the Caodong school. The classic koan-collections, such as the Blue Cliff Record...

others being Rinzai and Ōbaku). It is the Japanese line of the Chinese Cáodòng school, which was founded during the Tang dynasty by Dòngshān Liánjiè. It emphasizes...

practice (which even resembles Caodong silent illumination), even if this was never acknowledged by the masters of the Linji school in the Song. Furthermore...

thought is born." Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091–1157), the famous master of the Caodong school, well known for his practice of silent illumination (Ch. mòzhào), says...

largest monastic order in the country today. Beside the Linji school, the Caodong school was first introduced to Northern Vietnam through Thiền master...

School Weiyang school Linji school Caodong school Yunmen school Fayan school Lineage 8th generation of Weiyang school 43rd generation of Linji school...

literature. Another key legend regards Dōgen (1200–1253), who brought the Caodong school of Chan to Japan as the Sōtō sect of Zen. After an extended visit to...

Linji-school also moved to the south. During the 12th century, a clear difference between the Linji and the Caodong schools emerged. The two schools were...

itself as dominant over other Buddhist schools. Around 1093, Chan master Baoen (报恩; bào'ēn) promoted the Caodong School in the Shaolin Temple and achieved...

1924 Shunryu enrolled in a Soto preparatory school in Tokyo not far from Shogan-ji, where he lived on the school grounds in the dorm. From 1925 to 1926 Suzuki...

from the Linji school) 1141–1215 Shinran Jōdo Shinshū (descended from Jōdo-shū) 1173–1263 Dōgen Sōtō Zen (descended from the Caodong school) 1200–1253 Haji...

to experience or knowledge. This meaning is used especially by the Chan school of Buddhism. A negative. Caused to be nonexistent. Impossible; lacking reason...

Zen master of the Rinzai school Dōgen Zenji (1200–1253), founder of the Sōtō school of Zen, based upon the Caodong school Eisai (1141–1215), travelled...

Cheontae Huayan school Daśabhūmikā Chan Buddhism Seon Buddhism Thiền Buddhism Trúc Lâm (syncretic) Zen Buddhism Japanese Zen Caodong school Sōtō Keizan line...

founder of the Wu Jo An nunnery in Guangzhou, was 35th generation in the Caodong school of Chan Buddhism from Wa Sau Toi. 23°15′16″N 114°01′31″E / 23.254437°N...

weakening the institutional structure of Buddhism in China. 859 The Caodong school of Zen is founded by Dongshan Liangjie and his disciples in southern...

stick" are associated with the Chan/Zen school of Buddhism. Victor Mair explains that most great masters in this school "did not directly state what they wanted...

Japanese: mokushō). This practice was traditionally promoted by the Caodong school of Chinese Chan and is associated with Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091—1157)...

Chan Buddhism Five Houses of Chán Caodong school Linji school Korean Seon Nine mountain schools Taego Order Kwan Um School of Zen Chogye International Zen...

cause and effect, setting the stage for criticism of other thinkers and schools of thought. By suggesting that there is a distinction between existing...

Chinese Linji school, emphasizes Kōan practice. The Sōtō Zen founded by Dōgen (1200–1253), a Japanese line of the Chinese Caodong school, emphasizes Shikantaza...

Baoning Temple 宝宁寺 Baoning Temple Religion Affiliation Buddhism Sect Caodong school Location Location Yuelu District of Changsha, Hunan, China Shown within...

East Mountain Teaching Hongzhou school Fayan school Yunmen school Extant sects Linji school Caodong school Guiyang school Contemperory Organizations Buddha's...