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道信

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Basic Meaning: Daoxin

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  • (580–651) Chinese Chan 禪宗 monk, traditionally counted as the fourth patriarch 第四祖 of the traditional Chan lineage from Bodhidharma, who is said to have received the Dharma transmission for the third patriarch Sengcan 僧璨, and to have passed it on to the fifth patriarch Hongren 弘忍. His family name was Sima 司馬 and he was originally from Guangji 廣濟 in Qizhou 蘄州. He began to study Buddhism at the age of twelve under Sengcan, experiencing a major awakening, taking up the robe and bowl nine years later. He was an energetic teacher, and is thought to be greatly responsible for much of the earlier popularization of Chan, spending much time teaching in the towns and cities. He was nicknamed 'the Great Physician Chan Master'  大醫禪師. Among his writings are the Rudao anxin yao fangbian famen 入道安心要方便法門, and the Pusajie zuofa 菩薩戒作法. He was the teacher of Beomnang 法朗 (fl. 632–646) one of the earliest Korean monks to transmit Chan to Korea. [More in FGD] 〔續高僧傳, 五燈會元, 佛祖統紀〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Michael Radich, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 279

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 782

    Bulgyo sajeon 173a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 930c

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 301, 430

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 49a/54

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 147, 175

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5635

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3873c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1174-1

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2019-12-08