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The Five Houses of Chan (五家) (also called Five Schools of Chan, or the Five Houses of Zen) were the five major branches of Chan (Zen) Buddhism that arose in Tang dynasty China. The five houses were the Linji (臨濟宗), Caodong (曹洞宗), Guiyang school (潙仰宗), Yunmen (雲門宗) and Fayan (法眼宗) branches, each named after their respective Chan masters.[1][2]
After the collapse of the Tang Dynasty, and the reunification under the Song Dynasty, Chan circulated through tales and aphorisms.[3][4] It began to flourish soon after and out of competition arose distinct schools.[3][4] Each of these schools represented a lineage that surrounded one and sometimes two acknowledged masters to champion their style of Chan.[3][4]
Three of the five houses expired within a short period of time,[5] out of which the Linji and Caodong still survive today.[3][4] The Linji school became Rinzai school in Japan, and the Caodong School became the Soto School.[3][4][5]
Rinzai school
Caodong and Sōtō
Fayan school
Yunmen school
Guiyang school
References
- ^ McRae, John R. (2004). "1". Seeing through Zen: encounter, transformation, and genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism. University of California Press. p. 3. ISBN 0520237978.
- ^ Nan, Huaijin (1997). Basic Buddhism: exploring Buddhism and Zen. Weiser. p. 99. ISBN 1578630207.
- ^ a b c d e "The Legacy of Chan". The eDharma University. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ a b c d e Yen, Sheng (2002). Hoofprint of the ox: principles of the Chan Buddhist path as taught by a modern Chinese Master. Stevenson, Dan. Dharma Drum Publishing Corp. p. 117. ISBN 0195152484. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Ferguson, Andrew E. (2000). Zen's Chinese heritage: the masters and their teachings. Wisdom Publications. p. 7. ISBN 0861711637.
Further reading
- Thomas Cleary - Five Houses of Zen (Shambhala, 1997)