Heze Shenhui
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Heze Shenhui (菏澤神會/菏泽神会; J. Kataku Jinne) (684–758) was a Chinese monk of the so-called "Southern School" of Chan, who "claimed to have studied under Huineng."[1][2]
Shenhui is notable for his strident attacks on Yuquan Shenxiu and the associated "Northern School", which was the most prominent branch of Chan in China at the time. He accused them of propagating gradual teachings, as opposed to his own sudden teachings (dunjiao).[3]
Shenhui's own lineage, called the Heze lineage (菏澤宗), probably died out around the time of the Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution in 845, with Guifeng Zongmi being the only notable monk in the lineage.[4]
- Further reading
Shenhui, Wikipedia
Notes
- ↑ John M. Thompson, Huineng (Hui-neng) (638—713), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- ↑ McRae 2003, p. 68.
- ↑ Ferguson, Andrew E. (2000), Zen's Chinese heritage: the masters and their teachings, Wisdom Publications, pp. 57–61, ISBN 978-0-86171-163-5
- ↑ Yampolsky 1967, p. 37.
Sources
- McRae, John R. (2003), Seeing through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism, Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, ISBN 978-0-520-23798-8
- Yampolsky, Philip B. (1967), The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 978-0-231-08361-4