Huineng

E277422
Buddhist monk Chan patriarch historical figure religious teacher

Huineng was the influential Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, renowned for his teachings on sudden enlightenment and non-dual awareness.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Huineng canonical 8
Dajian Huineng 1
Lu Huineng 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk ⓘ
Chan patriarch ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
religious teacher ⓘ
associatedConcept Tathagatagarbha ⓘ
surface form: Buddha-nature

direct pointing to the mind ⓘ
sudden vs gradual enlightenment debate ⓘ
associatedText Platform Sutra ⓘ
birthName Huineng self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lu Huineng
birthPlace Xinzhou ⓘ
present-day Xinxing County, Guangdong, China ⓘ
centralTeaching no-form (wuxiang) ⓘ
no-thought (wunian) ⓘ
non-abiding (wuzhu) ⓘ
non-duality of subject and object ⓘ
original mind is inherently pure ⓘ
sudden enlightenment rather than gradual cultivation ⓘ
countryOfActivity China ⓘ
deathPlace Guangxiao Temple ⓘ
surface form: Guangxiao Temple, Shaozhou, China
disciple Heze Shenhui ⓘ
Nanyue Huairang ⓘ
Qingyuan Xingsi ⓘ
era Tang dynasty ⓘ
floruit 7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
honorificName Huineng self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dajian Huineng
knownFor Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch ⓘ
influence on Chinese Chan and Japanese Zen ⓘ
teaching non-dual awareness ⓘ
teaching sudden enlightenment ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
legacy recognized as a founding figure of Southern Chan ⓘ
regarded as a key source of Zen doctrine and practice ⓘ
name Huineng self-link ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence East Asian Zen traditions ⓘ
Zen Buddhism in Japan ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Zen

Korean Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Korean Seon

Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Vietnamese Thiền
position Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism ⓘ
regionOfActivity Guangdong Province ⓘ
surface form: Guangdong

southern China ⓘ
surface form: Southern China
religion Buddhism ⓘ
school Southern School of Chan ⓘ
teacher Hongren ⓘ
tradition Chan Buddhism ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
veneratedAt Nanhua Temple ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Chan Buddhism → associatedMonk → Huineng ⓘ
no-mind (wuxin) → associatedWith → Huineng ⓘ
Hongren → notableStudent → Huineng ⓘ
Huineng → name → Huineng self-link ⓘ
Huineng → honorificName → Huineng self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dajian Huineng
Huineng → birthName → Huineng self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lu Huineng
Yunmen Wenyan → nativeName → Huineng ⓘ
this entity surface form: 雲門文偃
Huangbo Xiyun → nativeName → Huineng ⓘ
this entity surface form: 黃檗希運
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch → attributedTo → Huineng ⓘ
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch → centralFigure → Huineng ⓘ
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp → includesSectionOn → Huineng ⓘ
Shenxiu → comparedWith → Huineng ⓘ