Nanyue Huairang
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Nanyue Huairang
| Nányuè Huáiràng | |
|---|---|
| Religion | Ch'an |
| Personal | |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Born | 677 Jinzhou, China |
| Died | 744 |
| Senior posting | |
| Title | Ch'an master |
| Successor | Mazu Daoyi |
| Religious career | |
| Teacher | Dajian Huineng |
Nányuè Huáiràng (南嶽懐譲, Japanese: Nangaku Ejõ) (677–744) was the foremost student of Dajian Huineng, the 6th Patriarch of Ch'an (Zen) and teacher of one of his Dharma heirs, Mazu Daoyi. The ancestor of two of the Five Houses of Ch'an, Huairang studied with a Vinaya master and became ordained. Dissatisfied with his own progress, Huairang found Dajian Huineng in Shaozhou and became his disciple. One can read of their first meeting in the Wudeng Huiyuan. Huairang gave Dharma transmission to six individuals, the most prominent being Mazu Daoyi.[1][2]
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References
- Faure, Bernard (1991). The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02963-6. http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=0691029636.
- Ferguson, Andrew (2000). Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-163-7. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=0861711637&=Search&qt=owc_search.
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| Preceded by Dajian Huineng |
Rinzai Zen patriarch | Succeeded by Mazu Daoyi |
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