Five Houses of Chan Chan Buddhism



during song 5 houses (ch. 五家) of chan, or 5 schools , recognized. these not regarded schools or sects , based on various chan-genealogies. historically have come understood schools .


the 5 houses of chan are:



guiyang school (潙仰宗), named after masters guishan lingyou (771–854) , yangshan huiji (813–890), dharma-descendants of mazu daoyi;
linji school (臨濟宗), named after master linji yixuan (died 866), lineage came traced mazu, establishing him archetypal iconoclastic chan-master;
caodong school (曹洞宗), named after masters dongshan liangjie (807–869) , caoshan benji (840–901);
yunmen school (雲門宗), named after master yunmen wenyan (died 949), student of xuefeng yicun (822–908), lineage traced shitou xiqian:
fayan school (法眼宗), named after master fayan wenyi (885–958), grand-student of xuefeng yicun.




^ cite error: named reference cleary 2005 invoked never defined (see page).
^ yampolski & 2003-a.
^ welter & year unknown-b.
^ jones 2010.






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