禅门五宗
chán​mén​wǔ​zōng

five schools of Chan Buddhism

  • created sense approved 禅门五宗/禪門五宗 · chán​mén​wǔ​zōng · five schools of Chan Buddhism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    禅门五宗 / 禪門五宗

    chán​mén​wǔ​zōng

    five schools of Chan Buddhism

    The five branches of the [[禅宗|禪宗|chan2 zong1]] school that developed in China after the monk [[慧能|慧能|hui4 neng2]]; specifically the [[临济|臨濟|lin2 ji4]], [[沩仰|溈仰|gui1 yang3]], [[云门|雲門|yun2 men2]], [[法眼|法眼|fa3 yan3]], and [[曹洞|曹洞|cao2 dong4]] schools.

    禅门 (literal) → 禅门/禪門 · chán​mén · Chan Buddhism 五 (literal) → 五 · wǔ · five 宗 (literal) → 宗 · zōng · sect

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