“Chan Isn’t Just Meditation: The Harmony of Meditative practice and Buddhist Teachings in the Zhizheng zhuan 智證傳” Yi-hsun Huang黃繹勳 (Fo Guang University, Taiwan) This paper plans to analyze the content and influence of Zhizheng zhuan 智證傳, a Song Chan text compiled by the Chan monk Huihong Juefan 惠洪覺範 (1071–1128) in 1122. This text has been neglected in Japanese scholarship and does not play an important role in Japanese Zen. However, the Zhizheng zhuan is cited frequently in later Chan texts. In the Zhizheng zhuan, Huihong selected 109 passages from Buddhist sutras and sastras, as well as works by Chinese Buddhist masters and commented on them. Notably, Huihong chose more than 10 passages from Yongming Yanshou’s 永明延壽 (904-975) Zongjing lu 宗鏡錄. The Zhizheng zhuan demonstrates a perfect example of the harmony of Chan and Buddhist teachings in the 12th century. Furthermore, famous late Ming Chan monk Hanyue Fazang 漢月法藏 (1573–1635) wrote a commentary on the Zhizheng zhuan which he later used to attract and convert Confucian literati. Based on my recent research, although the harmony of Chan and Buddhist teachings is definitely not a tradition that would be appreciated by the Japanese Zen, it represents an important characteristic of Chan and serves as a crucial bridge between clerics and lay followers in Chinese society.
Submitted February 15, 2023 at 06:10PM by ewk https://ift.tt/4Njd1mC
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