Shenhui
Sign in to saveHeze Shenhui (Chinese:菏澤神會/菏泽神会; Wade–Giles: Shen-hui; Japanese: Kataku Jinne, 684–758) was a Chinese Buddhist monk of the so-called "Southern School" of Chan/Zen, who "claimed to have studied under Huineng."
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 668?
- Died
- 760?
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Entretiens du maître dhyâna Chen-houei du Ho-tsö (668-760)
- Hat'aek Sinhoe Sŏnsa ŏrok
- Tonkō shutsudo Kataku Shinʼe Zenji goroku
- Shenhui yu lu
- Shenhui he shang chan hua lu
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Key facts
- Religious biography.name
- Heze Shenhui
- Religious biography.image
- HezeShenhuiDrawing.jpg
- Religious biography.birth_date
- 684
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Xiangyang, China
- Religious biography.death_date
- 758 (aged 74)
- Religious biography.nationality
- Chinese (Tang dynasty)
- Religious biography.religion
- Buddhism
- Religious biography.school
- Chan
- Religious biography.title
- Chan master
- Religious biography.teacher
- Dajian Huineng
- Religious biography.predecessor
- Dajian Huineng
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Attack on Shenxiu and the "Northern School"
- Shenhui's attack
- Historical analysis of Shenhui's attack
- Teachings
- Influence
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Heze Shenhui (Chinese:菏澤神會/菏泽神会; Wade–Giles: Shen-hui; Japanese: Kataku Jinne, 684–758) was a Chinese Buddhist monk of the so-called "Southern School" of Chan/Zen, who "claimed to have studied under Huineng."
Shenhui is notable for his strident attacks on Yuquan Shenxiu and the associated "Northern School", which was the most prominent branch of Chan Buddhism in China at the time. He accused them of propagating gradual teachings, as opposed to his own sudden teachings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shenhui” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.