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祖師禪

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Basic Meaning: patriarchal Chan

Senses:

  • The Chan/Seon/Zen Buddhism understood as being initially transmitted from Bodhidharma 菩提達摩 to the sixth patriarch Huineng 慧能. Also known as the Chan of the five houses 五家 and seven schools 七宗. As distinguished from Tathāgata Chan 如來禪, received directly from the Buddha. 〔禪宗頌古聯珠通, 五燈全書, 古尊宿語錄 〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi, FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 224

    Bulgyo sajeon 793a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 769c

    Iwanami Bukkyō jiten 523

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 725

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 191

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 859c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4240

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1301c,2943b,2966a, (v.9-10)676c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1085-3

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    Entry created: 2010-09-12

    Updated: 2013-07-10