Dayi Daoxin大醫道信

580–651ChanAlso: Sizu Daoxin 四祖道信

Born: 580
Died: 651
Teacher: Jianzhi Sengcan (transmission)traditional
Dharma heir: Daman Hongren
School: Chan

Counted as the fourth ancestor. The Xu gaoseng zhuan has him settle on Mount Shuangfeng for more than thirty years, with some five hundred in his community when he died.

Related people

Jianzhi Sengcan鑑智僧璨

d. 606Chan

Daman Hongren大滿弘忍

601 or 602–674 or 675Chan

Sources

Daoxuan 道宣, Xu gaoseng zhuan 續高僧傳 (Further Biographies of Eminent Monks) (645), Taishō T.2060 · link
Du Fei 杜朏, Chuan fabao ji 傳法寶紀 (Annals of the Transmission of the Dharma Treasure), Taishō T.2838 · link
Daoyuan (comp.), Jingde chuandeng lu 景德傳燈錄 (1004), Taishō T.2076 · link

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