Tiantong Zongjue (Chinese: 天童宗珏; Japanese: Tendō Sōkaku), was a Chinese Zen Buddhist monk during the Song Dynasty. He was born in Hezhou, but left home...

Zichun Hongzhi Zhengjue Wansong Xingxiu Zhenxie Qingliao Tiantong Zongjue Xuedou Zhijian Tiantong Rujing Xueting Fuyu Modern Lingji Xuyun Taixu Nan Huai-Chin...

Zichun Hongzhi Zhengjue Wansong Xingxiu Zhenxie Qingliao Tiantong Zongjue Xuedou Zhijian Tiantong Rujing Xueting Fuyu Modern Lingji Xuyun Taixu Nan Huai-Chin...

1227 Dōgen Zenji, a former Tendai student, studied Caodong Buddhism under Tiantong Rujing, and returned to Japan to establish the Sōtō sect. His lineage incorporates...

Zichun Hongzhi Zhengjue Wansong Xingxiu Zhenxie Qingliao Tiantong Zongjue Xuedou Zhijian Tiantong Rujing Xueting Fuyu Modern Lingji Xuyun Taixu Nan Huai-Chin...

journeyed to China himself, where he became a disciple of the Caodong master Tiantong Rujing. After his return, Dōgen established the Sōtō school, the Japanese...

tradition were so successful that according to Marcus Bingenheimer, "Miyun's Tiantong branch 天童派 of the Linji School became the dominant Chan lineage in China...

Zichun Hongzhi Zhengjue Wansong Xingxiu Zhenxie Qingliao Tiantong Zongjue Xuedou Zhijian Tiantong Rujing Xueting Fuyu Modern Lingji Xuyun Taixu Nan Huai-Chin...

Zichun Hongzhi Zhengjue Wansong Xingxiu Zhenxie Qingliao Tiantong Zongjue Xuedou Zhijian Tiantong Rujing Xueting Fuyu Modern Lingji Xuyun Taixu Nan Huai-Chin...

episode reportedly occurring sometime in the early 1220s (Song dynasty), at Tiantong Mountain Monastery (天童寺, also known as Jingde Monastery 景德寺, east of modern-day...