Chán lineage Dharma transmission



the chán-tradition developed established tradition of canonical buddhism , remained normative later chinese buddhism . established end of sixth century, result of chinese developing understanding of buddhism in previous centuries.


one of inventions of canonical buddhism transmission lists, literary device establish lineage. both t ien tai , chán took on literary device, lend authority developing traditions, , guarantee authenticity:



chan texts present school buddhism itself, or central teaching of buddhism, has been transmitted 7 buddhas of past twenty-eight patriarchs, , generations of chinese , japanese chan , zen masters follow.



the concept of dharma transmission took shape during tang period, when establishing right teachings became important, safeguard authority of specific schools. emerging zen-tradition developed transmission of lamp-genre, in lineages shakyamuni buddha own times described.


another literary device establishing traditions given kao-seng-chuan (biographies of eminent monks), compiled around 530. chán-tradition developed own corpus in genre, works such anthology of patriarchal hall (952) , jingde records of transmission of lamp (published 1004). mcrae considers dumoulin s history of zen modern example of genre, disguised scientific history.








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