Guifeng Zongmi was a Tang dynasty Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar who is considered a patriarch of both the Huayan school and Chan Buddhism. Zongmi wrote a number of works on several Mahayana Sutras, Chan and Huayan, and he also discussed Taoism and Confucianism.
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Liao dynasty statue of the Eleven Headed Guanyin in Dule Temple in Tianjin, China.
The Zhongnan Mountains
Potrait of Guifeng Zongmi (Japanese: Keihō Shūmitsu) from the Kegon-affifiated temple of Tōdai-ji in Nara, Japan. 15th century.
Zongmi's doctrinal views are largely based on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment.
The Andes reflected in a crystal ball
Zongmi used the simile of the sun melting frost to illustrate sudden awakening followed by gradual cultivation
Japanese carpenter's marking line (19th century). Zongmi compared the sutras to an inked marking line used by craftsmen.Academics born in the 780s 3
About this person
Guifeng Zongmi was a Tang dynasty Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar who is considered a patriarch of both the Huayan school and Chan Buddhism. Zongmi wrote a number of works on several Mahayana Sutras, Chan and Huayan, and he also discussed Taoism and Confucianism. His works are a major source for studying the various Chan schools of the Tang.
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 780 to 841 · aged 61
Written about in
8 languages
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