Mazu Daoyi馬祖道一
709–788Linji
- Born
- 709
- Died
- 788
- Teacher
- Nanyue Huairang (transmission)
- Dharma heirs
- Baizhang Huaihai · Nanquan Puyuan
- School
- Linji
Teacher in Jiangxi whose students spread Chan across Tang China. Linji is three generations after him.
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
- Andy Ferguson, Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings (2011)
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