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道璿

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Basic Meaning: Daoxuan

Senses:

  • (702–760) A Tang-period monk versed in Chan 禪, Vinaya 戒律, and Huayan 華嚴, who was one of the first transmitters of these teachings to Japan, being known as Japan' second Zen patriarch and first Huayan patriarch. His secular name was Wei 衞 and he entered the saṃgha at 大福先寺 in Luoyang 洛陽, where he focused on the study of the Vinaya canon 律藏. He is said to have studied northern Chan Buddhism under the Master Songshan Buzhi 普寂 of Huayansi 華嚴寺, who later traveled to Japan to teach. He traveled to Japan in 736, where he had a student name Gyōhyō 行表 (724－797), who was in turn a teacher of Saichō 最澄. 〔八宗綱要, 日本佛教史講話〕 [Charles Muller, Tom Newhall; source(s): Yokoi, FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 281

    Bulgyo sajeon 171a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5663

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 933b

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 610

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 105

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 185

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 483

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3883a,2780a,4314c,4415c

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    Entry created: 2010-08-10

    Updated: 2018-06-04