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Huiyuan was posthumously named First Patriarch of the Pure Land School of Buddhism, and founder of the White Lotus Society, an early Buddhist community devoted to Amitabha Buddha. His disciples included Huiguan (慧觀), Sengji (僧濟), and Faan (法安).
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Jul 27, 2022 · Huiyuan was posthumously named First Patriarch of the Pure Land School of Buddhism. His disciples included Huiguan (慧觀), Sengji (僧濟), and Faan (法安).
Apr 6, 2023 · Master Huiyuan led his 123 disciples in the temple before the statute of Amitābha Buddha, where vowed together to be born in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
Hui-yüan was a celebrated early Chinese Buddhist priest who formed a devotional society of monks and lay worshipers of the Buddha Amitābha. The society inspired the establishment in later centuries (6th–7th) of the Ch’ing-t’u (“Pure Land”) cult, which is today the most popular form of Buddhism in.
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Huiyuan was posthumously named First Patriarch of the Pure Land School of Buddhism. His disciples included Huiguan ( 慧觀 ), Sengji ( 僧濟 ), and Faan ( 法安 ). Huiyuan began studying Zhuangzi and Laozi at a young age, as well as the teachings of Confucius.
Huiyuan was the first famous Buddhist monk to originate from the eastern regions of China, and could be said to be the first to adapt Buddhism to Chinese culture. The combination of these three figures represented the conflicts and the synthesis of Confucianism, Pure Land Buddhism, and Taoism.
Lushan Huiyuan Lushan Huiyuan (廬山慧遠; 334–416) is known for his pivotal role in the development of Buddhist doctrines and practices in early medieval China. He took the tonsure under the great scholar-monk Dao’an (道安; 314–385) at the age of 21, and soon became his most prized disciple.
