Bei zong
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Bei zong. (J. Hokushū; K. Puk chong 北宗). “Northern school”. A designation for an early tradition of the Chan school that flourished in the seventh and eighth centuries.[1] This designation refers specifically to the lineage of Shenxiu and his disciples.[1]
The doctrines of the “Northern school” are known to have focused on the transcendence of thoughts (linian) and the five expedient means (fangbian; S. upaya).[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Bei zong.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
