Linji lineage

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Buddhist tradition Chan Buddhist lineage Zen school

The Linji lineage is a prominent school of Chan (Zen) Buddhism known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment, paradoxical dialogues, and the use of shouting and striking to jolt students into awakening.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Linji school 7
Linji school of Chan 3
Linji lineage canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist tradition ⓘ
Chan Buddhist lineage ⓘ
Zen school ⓘ
associatedText The Record of Linji ⓘ
associatedWith Rinzai ⓘ
surface form: Rinzai school
contrastsWith Caodong school ⓘ
surface form: Caodong lineage

Sōtō Zen ⓘ
coreConcept Tathagatagarbha ⓘ
surface form: Buddha-nature

emptiness ⓘ
no-mind ⓘ
suchness ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
emphasis direct pointing to mind ⓘ
sudden enlightenment ⓘ
focus breaking attachment to concepts ⓘ
direct experiential insight ⓘ
founder Linji Yixuan ⓘ
goal awakening ⓘ
realization of one’s true nature ⓘ
historicalPeriod Tang dynasty ⓘ
influenced Korean Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Korean Seon Buddhism

Rinzai Zen in Japan ⓘ
Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Vietnamese Thiền Buddhism
methodPurpose to jolt students into awakening ⓘ
namedAfter Linji Yixuan ⓘ
pedagogicalStyle confrontational ⓘ
iconoclastic ⓘ
non-conceptual ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Tang dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Tang dynasty China
practice koan-like exchanges ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
teacher-student interviews ⓘ
presentIn China ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam

Western countries ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
religiousTradition Chan Buddhism ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
teachingMethod encounter dialogue ⓘ
paradoxical dialogues ⓘ
shouting ⓘ
striking ⓘ
uses shouting as a teaching device ⓘ
striking as a teaching device ⓘ
viewOnEnlightenment sudden rather than gradual ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Chan Buddhism → majorLineage → Linji lineage ⓘ
Hongren → influenced → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern School of Chan
Linji Yixuan → movement → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linji school
Linji Yixuan → founded → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linji school
Huangbo Xiyun → influenced → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linji school of Chan
Hongzhou school → influenced → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linji school
Fayan school → contemporaneousWith → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linji school
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp → includesSectionOn → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern and Southern Chan schools
Blue Cliff Record → school → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linji school of Chan
Gateless Gate → compilerSchool → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linji school of Chan
Caodong school → contrastedWith → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linji school
Rinzai → associatedWith → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linji school
Zhaozhou Congshen → tradition → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linji lineage of Chan
Dahui Zonggao → tradition → Linji lineage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Linji school
Dahui Zonggao → lineage → Linji lineage ⓘ