Qingyuan Xingsi
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Qīngyuán Xíngsī was a patriarch of Zen
Buddhism
. Three of the Five Houses of classical Ch'an developed out of his Lineage: the Caodong, Yunmen, and Fayan.
Zen
Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...
Buddhism
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
. Three of the Five Houses of classical Ch'an developed out of his Lineage: the Caodong, Yunmen, and Fayan.