Chinese Chan

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Chinese Chan is a major school of Mahāyāna Buddhism in China that emphasizes meditation, direct insight into one’s true nature, and the transmission of enlightenment outside of scriptures.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chinese Chan canonical 8
Chinese Chan Buddhism 3
Chinese Chan monasteries 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese Buddhist school ⓘ
Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition ⓘ
school of Buddhism ⓘ
associatedWith lineage transmission ⓘ
monastic meditation halls ⓘ
corePractice dhyāna ⓘ
sitting meditation ⓘ
coreTeaching Buddha-nature ⓘ
emptiness (śūnyatā) ⓘ
non-duality ⓘ
sudden enlightenment ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
emphasizes direct insight into one’s true nature ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
transmission of enlightenment outside of scriptures ⓘ
focusesOn realization of mind ⓘ
seeing one’s true nature ⓘ
goal awakening ⓘ
liberation from suffering ⓘ
historicalDevelopment developed within Chinese Buddhism ⓘ
inBuddhistCanon part of East Asian Buddhist traditions ⓘ
influenced Japanese Zen ⓘ
Korean Seon ⓘ
linked to: Korean Buddhism

Vietnamese Thiền ⓘ
linked to: Thiền Buddhism
languageOfTradition Chinese ⓘ
methodology paradoxical dialogue ⓘ
teacher–disciple interaction ⓘ
ontology all beings possess Buddha-nature ⓘ
parentTradition Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
periodOfFormation Tang dynasty ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Madhyamaka ⓘ
Tathāgatagarbha thought ⓘ
Yogācāra ⓘ
practiceEnvironment monasteries ⓘ
mountain temples ⓘ
rejects exclusive reliance on scriptures ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
ritualUse less emphasis on ritual than some other Buddhist schools ⓘ
scriptureAttitude emphasis on direct experience over textual study ⓘ
stresses direct pointing to the mind ⓘ
practice in everyday life ⓘ
teaches enlightenment is inherent ⓘ
mind-to-mind transmission ⓘ
uses gong’an (koan) practice ⓘ
viewOnBuddha Buddha as realization of one’s own nature ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Linji Yixuan → veneratedIn → Chinese Chan ⓘ
Fayan Wenyi → associatedWith → Chinese Chan monasteries ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Chan
Zen koans → tradition → Chinese Chan ⓘ
Xinxin Ming → influenceOn → Chinese Chan Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Chan
Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien → veneratedIn → Chinese Chan ⓘ
Xiqian → school → Chinese Chan ⓘ
Five Ranks of merit and attainment → hasOriginIn → Chinese Chan Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Chan
Yangshan Huiji → tradition → Chinese Chan ⓘ
Linji Monastery → tradition → Chinese Chan ⓘ
Joshu Jushin → movement → Chinese Chan ⓘ
Jōshū Jūshin → influenced → Chinese Chan Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Chan