Dazu Huike大祖慧可
- Born
- 487
- Died
- 593
- Teacher
- Bodhidharma (transmission)traditional
- Dharma heir
- Jianzhi Sengcan
- School
- Chan
Counted as the second Chinese ancestor. The story of his cutting off his arm to show his resolve to Bodhidharma is from later sources; the earliest biography has bandits cut it off. His dates are those of the Jingde chuandeng lu (1004), which has him die aged 107; the earlier sources give none.
Related people
Sources
- Daoxuan 道宣, Xu gaoseng zhuan 續高僧傳 (Further Biographies of Eminent Monks) (645), Taishō T.2060 · link
- Jingjue 淨覺, Lengqie shizi ji 楞伽師資記 (Record of the Masters and Disciples of the Laṅkā), Taishō T.2837 · 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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