Chan Buddhist movement
C65811
concept
The Chan Buddhist movement is a Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism that emphasizes direct, experiential realization of one’s true nature through meditation and teacher-student transmission rather than reliance on scriptures or ritual.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chan Buddhism | 1 |
| Chan Buddhism tradition | 1 |
| Chan Buddhist lineage grouping | 1 |
| Chan Buddhist lineage system | 1 |
| Chan Buddhist movement canonical | 1 |
| historical Buddhist movement | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Chan Buddhist movement
Generated description
The Chan Buddhist movement is a Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism that emphasizes direct, experiential realization of one’s true nature through meditation and teacher-student transmission rather than reliance on scriptures or ritual.
Instances (5)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| East Mountain Teaching | — |
| Tang dynasty Chan | Chan Buddhism tradition |
| Five Houses of Chan | historical Buddhist movement |
| Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan | Chan Buddhist lineage system |
| Song-dynasty Chan | Chan Buddhism |