The Zen Record

Jianzhi Sengcan鑑智僧璨

d. 606ChanAlso: Sanzu Sengcan 三祖僧璨
Died
d. 606
Teacher
Dazu Huike (transmission)traditional
Dharma heir
Dayi Daoxin
School
Chan

Counted as the third ancestor. The poem Xinxin ming is attributed to him; almost nothing is known of his life, and his death date is the Jingde chuandeng lu’s.

Writings and records

Xinxin ming信心銘
8th centuryClassical ChinesepoemTaishō T.2010

A poem on nonduality attributed to the third ancestor; the attribution is traditional, and the poem is probably later.

Related people

Dazu Huike大祖慧可
487–593Chan
Dayi Daoxin大醫道信
580–651Chan

Sources

  • Jingjue 淨覺, Lengqie shizi ji 楞伽師資記 (Record of the Masters and Disciples of the Laṅkā), Taishō T.2837 · link
  • 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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