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    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...
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    Zen (redirect from Ch'an Buddhism)
    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...
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    practice, including Tiantai, Huayan, Chan Buddhism, and Pure Land Buddhism. From its inception, Chinese Buddhism has been influenced by native Chinese...
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    Chinese Esoteric Buddhism refers to traditions of Tantra and Esoteric Buddhism that have flourished among the Chinese people. The Tantric masters Śubhakarasiṃha...
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  • santana) of Sambhogakaya that links Dharmakaya with Nirmanakaya. In Chan Buddhism (Japanese Zen), the Sambhogakāya, along with the Dharmakāya and the...
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  • CHAN-DT, a TV station in Vancouver, Canada Chan Buddhism (禅), a school of Mahayana Buddhism -chan, a Japanese suffix which expresses endearment Chan (ฉันท์)...
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    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...
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    Korean Seon (redirect from Seon Buddhism)
    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...
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    Thiền (redirect from Thien Buddhism)
    word 禪 (chán), an abbreviation of 禪那 (chánnà), which is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word dhyāna ("meditation"). Chinese Chan Buddhism was introduced...
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    oldest, largest, and most famous styles of wushu, or kung fu of Chan Buddhism. It combines Chan philosophy and martial arts. It was developed in the Shaolin...
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    Dharma (redirect from Dharma (Buddhism))
    provide one another through guidance and support. Dharma is employed in Chan Buddhism in a specific context in relation to transmission of authentic doctrine...
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    Shaolin Monastery (category Chan temples)
    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...
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    Budai (category Buddhism in China)
    identified with and venerated as Maitreya Buddha in Chan Buddhism. With the spread of Chan Buddhism, he also came to be venerated in Vietnam, Korea, and...
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    Pure Land Buddhism or Pure Land School (Chinese: 淨土宗; pinyin: Jìngtǔzōng; Japanese: 浄土仏教, romanized: Jōdo bukkyō; Korean: 정토종; RR: Jeongto-jong; Vietnamese:...
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    and Gautama Buddha's robe, which covered Mahākāśyapa's remains. In Chan Buddhism, this account was less emphasized, but Mahākāśyapa was seen to have...
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    certified in documents. Several branches of Buddhism, including Chan (including Zen and Seon) and Tibetan Buddhism maintain records of their historical teachers...
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    centuries CE. The word chán became the designation for Chan Buddhism (Korean Seon, Vietnamese Thiền, Japanese Zen). In Chinese Buddhism, following the Ur-text...
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  • 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...
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  • synthesis of the diversity of Buddhism that was understandable and palatable by the Chinese worldview.[citation needed] Chan Buddhism affected this synthesis...
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  • influenced Korean Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism. Pure Land Buddhism also became popular during this period and was often practised together with Chan. It was also...
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  • phrase was used by his teacher Rujing, a monk of the Caodong school of Chan Buddhism, to refer to the meditation-practice called "Silent Illumination" (Chinese:...
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  • 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...
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  • The history of Buddhism can be traced back to the 5th century BCE. Buddhism arose in Ancient India, in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha, and is...
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    Bodhidharma (category Chan patriarchs)
    6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. According...
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    Huayan (redirect from Hua-yen Buddhism)
    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...
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    Guifeng Zongmi (category Chan Buddhists)
    patriarch of both the Huayan school and Chan Buddhism. Zongmi wrote a number of works on several Mahayana Sutras, Chan and Huayan, and he also discussed Taoism...
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    Storm Over Critical Buddhism. Univ of Hawaii Press. Sharf, Robert H. (December 2017). "Buddha-nature, Critical Buddhism, and Early Chan". Critical Review...
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    the most influential traditions include Chan (Zen), Pure Land, Huayan, Tiantai, and Chinese Esoteric Buddhism. These schools developed new, uniquely East...
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    Imagery in Chinese Buddhism", Harvard journal of Asiatic Studies 2.78: 371-411. Capitanio, Joshua (2015), "Portrayals of Chan Buddhism in the Literature...
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    Dongfang Shuo, became hermits to practice Taoism, or in later centuries, Chan Buddhism. Anchorite Recluse literature "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hermits". Analects...
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