Fayan school of Chan

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The Fayan school of Chan was a major Chinese Zen Buddhist lineage of the late Tang and Five Dynasties period, known for its emphasis on everyday experience and the use of subtle, context-sensitive teaching methods.

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Fayan school of Chan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chan Buddhist school
Zen lineage
absorbedInto Linji school of Chan NERFINISHED
alternativeName Fayan lineage NERFINISHED
Fayan zong NERFINISHED
associatedWith Fayan Wenyi NERFINISHED
Qingliang temple tradition NERFINISHED
Tiantai Deshao NERFINISHED
Wenxiu NERFINISHED
category Chinese Buddhist schools
Zen lineages
contemporaryWith Caodong school of Chan NERFINISHED
Guiyang school of Chan NERFINISHED
Linji school of Chan NERFINISHED
Yunmen school of Chan NERFINISHED
coreIdea integration of practice and ordinary activities
teaching adapted to student and situation
country China
declinePeriod Northern Song dynasty NERFINISHED
doctrine immediacy of awakening in daily life
non-duality of sacred and ordinary
emphasis everyday experience
flourishedIn Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period NERFINISHED
late Tang dynasty
focus direct pointing through everyday situations
founder Fayan Wenyi NERFINISHED
heritage part of classical Chan genealogy
historicalStatus extinct as an independent lineage
influenced Japanese Zen NERFINISHED
Korean Seon NERFINISHED
Song dynasty Chan NERFINISHED
language Classical Chinese
namedAfter Fayan Wenyi NERFINISHED
oneOf Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan NERFINISHED
partOf Five Houses of Chan NERFINISHED
philosophicalInfluence Huayan Buddhism NERFINISHED
Madhyamaka NERFINISHED
region Jiangnan NERFINISHED
Southern China NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
scripturalAttitude flexible use of Buddhist scriptures
teachingMethod context-sensitive responses
dialogue-based encounters
subtle instruction
timePeriod 10th century
tradition Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
uses gong’an-style dialogues

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Fayan Wenyi movement Fayan school of Chan