Rise of the Linji-school Chan Buddhism



the linji-school became dominant school within chan, due support literati , court. before song dynasty, linji-school rather obscure, , little known history. first mention of linji in zutang ji, compiled in 952, 86 years after linji s death. zutang ji pictures xuefeng yicun lineage heir legacy of mazu , hongzhou-school.


according welter, real founder of linji-school shoushan (or baoying) shengnian (首山省念) (926–993), fourth generation dharma-heir of linji. tiansheng guangdeng lu (天聖廣燈錄), tiansheng era expanded lamp record , compiled official li zunxu (李遵勗) (988–1038) confirms status of shoushan shengnian, pictures linji major chan patriarch , heir mazu, displacing prominence of fayan-lineage. established slogan of special transmission outside teaching , supporting linji-school claim of chan separate , superior other buddhist teachings .








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