Chan zong

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Chinese Buddhist tradition school of Buddhism

Chan zong is a major school of Chinese Buddhism emphasizing meditation and direct insight into one’s true nature, known in Japan as Zen.

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Label	Occurrences
Chan zong canonical	1
Zongjing lu	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese Buddhist tradition ⓘ school of Buddhism ⓘ
associatedWith	master–disciple transmission ⓘ monastic practice ⓘ
coreConcept	Buddha-nature ⓘ direct pointing to the mind ⓘ sudden enlightenment ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	China ⓘ
downplays	ritual formalism ⓘ scriptural study ⓘ
emphasizes	direct insight into one’s true nature ⓘ meditation ⓘ
focusesOn	personal experience of enlightenment ⓘ
goal	realization of Buddhahood ⓘ
historicalOriginPeriod	Tang dynasty ⓘ surface form: Tang dynasty China
influenced	Seon Buddhism in Korea ⓘ Thiền Buddhism in Vietnam ⓘ Zen Buddhism in Japan ⓘ
knownInJapanAs	Zen koans ⓘ surface form: Zen
languageOfName	Chinese ⓘ
method	non-conceptual insight ⓘ paradoxical dialogue between master and student ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
relatedTradition	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
religiousTradition	Buddhism ⓘ
teaches	seeing one’s true nature ⓘ
transliteratedAs	Chan Buddhism ⓘ
usesPractice	contemplation of gong’an (koan) ⓘ sitting meditation ⓘ

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

Chan Buddhism → alternativeName → Chan zong ⓘ

Yongming Yanshou → notableWork → Chan zong ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zongjing lu