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Zhanran is best known for his scriptural exegesis of such works as Zhiyi's Mohe Zhiguan (The Great Calming and Contemplation), as well as his promotion of the doctrine of universal Buddha-nature. He is the author of The Adamantine Scalpel (金剛錍 Jin'gang Pi) among other works.
Jul 21, 2017 · To Zhanran, the Tiantai doctrine constituted the orthodox Buddhist teachings and he had no desire to see them sullied by the errors of other schools, especially that of Esoteric Buddhism. Zhanran played an important role in transmitting the Tiantai doctrines to Japan.
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ZHANRAN. Zhanran (Jingqi Zhanran and Miaole dashi, 711–782) is the ninth patriarch of the Tiantai school of Chinese Buddhism and the sixth patriarch following Zhiyi (538–597), the de facto architect of the tradition. Author of the first authoritative commentaries on the major works of Zhiyi, Zhanran revitalized and reformed Tiantai during ...
Zhanran, following the example of his great predecessor, Zhiyi, expounds and argues based on the most important texts and tenets of mahāyāna Buddhism, while interpreting, reinterpreting, and often furnishing these with new, ingenious meanings.
Among the Chinese Buddhist thinkers, Jingxi Zhanran (711–782) in the Tiantai School is the strongest advocate of insentient beings possessing Buddha-nature. He provides his rationale primarily from the perspective of the all-pervasive quality of Buddha-nature, which he considers synonymous with suchness.
- shumanchen2012@u.northwestern.edu
Abstract. This dissertation examines the notion that not only sentient beings but also insentient ones, e.g., flora, mountains, rivers, and manmade objects, have Buddha-nature. Employing an exegetical approach, I investigate Jingxi Zhanran’s (711-782) theory of the Buddha-nature of insentient beings. Emphasizing the all-pervasiveness of ...
Jingxi Zhanran. (J. Keikei Tannen; K. Hyŏnggye Tamyŏn 荊溪湛然 (711–782). Chinese monk who is the putative ninth patriarch of the Tiantai zong; also known as Great Master Miaole (Sublime Bliss) and Dharma Master Jizhu (Lord of Exegesis). Zhanran was a native of Jingqi in present-day Jiangsu province.
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