The Lineage According to Huineng

From The Sutra of Huineng, Thomas Cleary translation

The Master said, "The past buddhas who answered the need of the world have already been innumerable - they cannot be counted. Now we consider the Seven Buddhas to be the first: in the past Aeon of Adornment, there was Vipasyin Buddha, Sikhin Buddha, and Visvabhu Buddha; in the present Aeon of Virtue, there was Krakucchanda Buddha, Kanakamuni Buddha, Kasyapa Buddha, and Shakyamuni Buddha - these were the Seven Buddhas.

From Shakyamuni Buddha, the transmission went through:

1) Venerable Maha-Kasyapa
2) Venerable Ananda
3) Venerable Sanavasa
4) Venerable Upagupta
5) Venerable Dhrtaka
6) Venerable Micchaka
7) Venerable Vasumitra
8) Venerable Buddhanandi
9) Venerable Punyamitra
10) Venerable Parsva
11) Venerable Punyayasas
12) Mahasattva Asvaghosa
13) Venerable Kapimala
14) Mahasattva Nagarjuna
15) Venerable Kanadeva
16) Venerable Rahulata
17) Venerable Sanghanandi
18) Venerable Jayasata
19) Venerable Kumarata
20) Venerable Jayata
21) Venerable Vasubandhu
22) Venerable Manora
23) Venerable Haklena
24) Venerable Sinha
25) Venerable Vasasita
26) Venerable Punyamitra
27) Venerable Prajnatara
28) Venerable Bodhidharma
29) Grand Master Huike
30) Grand Master Sengcan
31) Grand Master Daoxin
32) Grand Master Hongren

"I, Huineng, am the Thirty-third Grand Master. The Grand Masters throughout history have each had an endowment: hereafter you should communicate it through the generations without letting it go wrong."

So if anyone tries to say that any of those listed aren't Zen Masters, remember that Zen Masters disagree.

Submitted February 01, 2018 at 05:46AM by Type_DXL http://ift.tt/2nsc8ME