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The idea of a patriarchal lineage in Chan dates back to the epitaph for Fărú (法如 638–689), a disciple of the 5th patriarch, Daman Hongren (弘忍 601–674). In the Long Scroll of the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices and the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks, Daoyu and Dazu Huike are the only explicitly identified disciples of Bodhidharma.
Dahui was born in Xuancheng, Anhui, to the Xi (奚) family.He left home at sixteen and became a Buddhist monk at seventeen. His initiatory name was Zong Gao. Following the tradition of the day, he wandered from Chan community to community, seeking instruction.
In Chan and Zen Buddhism, dharma transmission is a custom in which a person is established as a "successor in an unbroken lineage of teachers and disciples, a spiritual 'bloodline' theoretically traced back to the Buddha himself."
Kechimyaku (血脈) is a Japanese term for a lineage chart in Zen Buddhism and some other Japanese schools, documenting the "bloodline" of succession of various masters or listing priests in a particular school. In Zen, the kechimyaku theoretically links a student to all previous generations back to the Buddha himself.
Subsequently, the Zen tradition produced a rich corpus of written literature which has become a part of its practice and teaching, including the Platform Sutra, [3] [8] lineage charts, collected sayings of Zen-masters, and the koan-literature.
Shenhui was born in Xiangyang with the surname Gao (高). [3] He learned The Five Classics of Confucius and the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi at a young age. [5]At the age of 14 he became a monk under Huineng, a disciple of Hongren and the founder of the Southern School of Zen.
Zen Master's Keizan's Denkoroku, Translated by Francis Dojun Cook, Boston: Wisdom Publications Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox ( create | mirror ) and testcases ( create ) pages. Subpages of this template .
The Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks Xù gāosēng zhuàn 續高僧傳 of Dàoxuān 道宣 (596-667) The Record of the Transmission of the Dharma-Jewel