New Buddhist Schools in China
Religious Studies 270
Chinese Religions
  1. PURE LAND (Jingtu)
    • Devotion/faith in Amitabha Buddha (Amituofo) leading to rebirth in the Pure Land
    • Pure Land Sutras
    • Tanluan (476-542)
    • Daochuo (7th c.)

  2. TIANTAI (Heavenly Terrace)
    • Suchness (zhenru)
    • Lotus Sutra
    • Huisi (514-577)
    • Zhikai / Zhiyi (538-597)

  3. HUAYAN (Flower Garland)
    • Huayan (Avatamsaka) Sutra
    • Interpenetration of principle (li) and phenomena (shi)
    • Fazang's "Essay on the Golden Lion"

  4. CHAN (ZEN) (Meditation)
    • The Flower Sermon (the Buddha and Maha-Kasyapa)
    • Bodhidharma (Damo):
      A special transmission outside the teaching,
      Not based on the written word;
      Directly pointing to the human mind,
      Achieving Buddhahood by seeing one's nature.
    • Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch:
      • Fifth Patriarch: Hongren (601-675)
      • Sixth Patriarch: Huineng (638-713) (Competitor: Shenxiu)
      • Unity of meditation (ding) and wisdom (hui)
      • "Samadhi of oneness" (or "One-practice samadhi")
      • No-thought
      • No-form
      • Non-abiding

      Two major sects of Chan
    • Caoshan Benji (840-901)
    • Dongshan Liangjie (807-867)
      		• Caodong (Soto) School "Silent illumination" (mo-zhao)
           
    • Linji Yixuan (d. 867)
      		• Linji (Rinzai) School "Introspecting the koan" (kan-hua)