Baizhang Huaihai百丈懷海
- Born
- 720
- Died
- 814
- Teacher
- Mazu Daoyi (transmission)
- Dharma heir
- Huangbo Xiyun
- School
- Linji
Student of Mazu. Tradition credits him with the first monastic rule for Chan communities; the text that survives under his name is later.
Related people
Sources
- Daoyuan (comp.), Jingde chuandeng lu 景德傳燈錄 (1004), Taishō T.2076 · link
- Zanning 贊寧 et al. (comp.), Song gaoseng zhuan 宋高僧傳 (Song Biographies of Eminent Monks) (988), Taishō T.2061 · link
- Dehui 德煇 (ed.), Chixiu Baizhang qinggui 勅修百丈清規 (Baizhang's Pure Rules, Imperial Edition) (1335), Taishō T.2025 · link
- Andy Ferguson, Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings (2011)
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