湛然

Readings

Pinyin: zhànrán

Wade-Giles: chan-jan

Hangul: 담연

Korean MC: damyeon

Korean MR: tamyŏn

Katakana: タンネン

Hepburn: tannen

trạm nhiên

as if filled to the brim with water

• Still, quiet; deep; profound; extremely quiet. [湛爾] 〔無量壽經〕[resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,Yokoi, JEBD]
• Zhanran (711–782), the sixth Tiantai patriarch (sixth patriarch if one takes Zhiyi as the first; ninth patriarch if the lineage is traced back to Nāgârjuna 龍樹), also known as Jingxi 荆溪 (also 荊溪 ; located in present day Wujin 武進 commandery in Jiangsu 江蘇 province) after his place of origin; secular name was Qi 戚. He was originally a Confucian scholar who, after studying Tiantai for 20 years, entered the Buddhist order at age 38. He studied the precepts under Tanyi 曇一, subsequently studying the Mohe zhiguan 摩訶止觀 at Kaiyuansi 開元寺. After the passing of Xuanlang 玄朗, he worked hard for the promotion of the Tiantai teachings, and in the process, studied deeply in the competing systems of Huayan 華嚴 and Faxiang 法相. After Zhiyi 智顗, Zhanran is considered to be the most influential figure in formulating the Tiantai system of doctrine and practice. He wrote extensive commentaries on Zhiyi's works, such as the Fahua xuanyi shiqian 法華玄義釋籤, the Jin'gang bei lun (Adamantine Scalpel) 金剛錍論, Zhiguan fuxing zhuan hongjue 止觀輔行傳弘決, and others. He was known by the posthumous titles of 荊溪尊者, 妙樂大師, and 圓通尊者. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Iwanami, Michael Radich]
• The personal name of the monk Yuanzhao 元照. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): CBJ]
• surabondance [resp. Paul Swanson]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 719

Bulgyo sajeon, 758a

Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata), 49,82,96,114,117,120,128,151,156,202,233,244,266,267,291,309,364,365,371,376,387

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 839c

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 558

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 160

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 314a/349

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 758

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 940b

Fo Guang Dictionary, 5059

Ding Fubao

Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono), 433/i434

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1121-2

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