Hongzhou school

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The Hongzhou school was an influential Tang dynasty Chan Buddhist tradition known for its iconoclastic teaching style and emphasis on sudden enlightenment.

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Label Occurrences
Hongzhou school canonical 2
Kuei-yang school 1
Nanyue Huairang lineage 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist tradition
Chan Buddhist school
associatedMonastery Kaiyuan Temple
surface form: Kaiyuan Monastery
associatedWith Baizhang Huaihai
Damei Fachang
Guizong Zhichang
Mazu Daoyi
Nanquan Puyuan
Xitang Zhizang
Yanguan Qi'an
country China
doctrine all phenomena are the Buddha-dharma
mind is Buddha
ordinary mind is the Way
founder Mazu Daoyi
historicalPeriod 8th century
9th century
influenced Caodong school
Fayan school
Guiyang school
Linji lineage
surface form: Linji school

Seon Buddhism in Korea
Song-dynasty Chan
surface form: Song dynasty Chan

Thiền Buddhism in Vietnam
Yunmen school
Zen Buddhism in Japan
language Classical Chinese
locatedInTime Tang dynasty
namedAfter Hongzhou
parentTradition Chan Buddhism
philosophicalInfluence Madhyamaka
Prajñāpāramitā literature
Tathāgatagarbha thought
Yogācāra
region Jiangxi Province
surface form: Jiangxi
religion Buddhism
scriptureUsage Mahayana sutras
surface form: Mahāyāna sūtras

Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
teachingEmphasis Buddha-nature
non-duality
suchness
sudden enlightenment
teachingStyle antinomian rhetoric
iconoclastic
shouting and striking
use of paradox
viewOnEnlightenment sudden enlightenment as complete
viewOnEthics use of unconventional methods to awaken students
viewOnPractice emphasis on direct realization over ritual

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Chan Buddhism branch Hongzhou school
this entity surface form: Southern School of Chan
Chan Buddhism branch Hongzhou school
Shitou Xiqian associatedWith Hongzhou school
this entity surface form: Nanyue Huairang lineage
Huangbo Xiyun school Hongzhou school
Guiyang school hasAlternativeName Hongzhou school
this entity surface form: Kuei-yang school